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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§15705 Savings Clause

Title 42 › CHAPTER 148 — WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION › § 15705

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

No part of this chapter replaces or overrules the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.). Any designs, construction methods, technologies, materials, mitigation ways, or hazard-reduction measures made under this chapter cannot be forced on a home that is certified under section 616 of that 1974 Act (42 U.S.C. 5415) unless they go through the Act’s consensus development and rulemaking process.

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Title 42, §15705

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102