MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS.

SEC. 568. MANUFACTURED HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS. Section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i) (1) The Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards established by the Secretary under this section shall include preemptive energy conservation standards in accordance with this subsection. “(2) The energy conservation standards established under this subsection shall be cost-effective energy conservation performance standards designed to ensure the lowest total of construction and operating costs. “(3) The energy conservation standards established under this subsection shall take into consideration the design and factory construction techniques of manufactured homes and shall provide for alternative practices that result in net estimated energy consumption equal to or less than the specified standards.”.