Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§15705 Savings clause
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 148— - WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION › § 15705
Summary
No part of this chapter overrides the Act (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.). Designs or measures cannot be required for homes certified under section 616 (42 U.S.C. 5415) unless approved through that Act’s consensus and rulemaking.
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Title 42, §15705
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Nothing in this chapter supersedes any provision of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.]. No design, construction method, practice, technology, material, mitigation methodology, or hazard reduction measure of any kind developed under this chapter shall be required for a home certified under section 616 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5415), pursuant to standards issued under such Act, without being subject to the consensus development process and rulemaking procedures of that Act.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 108–360, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1675, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see
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note set out under section 15701 of this title and Tables. The National Manufactured Housing
Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, referred to in text, is title VI of Pub. L. 93–383, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 700, which is classified generally to chapter 70 (§ 5401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 5401 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 15705
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
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