DISPUTE RESOLUTION.

SEC. 610. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Section 623(c) (42 U.S.C. 5422(c)) is amended— (1) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as added by the preceding provisions of this title) the following: “(12) with respect to any State plan submitted on or after the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, provides for a dispute resolution program for the timely resolution of disputes between manufacturers, retailers, and installers of manufactured homes regarding responsibility, and for the issuance of appropriate orders, for the correction or repair of defects in manufactured homes that are reported during the 1-year period beginning on the date of installation; and”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(g) Enforcement of Dispute Resolution Standards.— “(1) Establishment of dispute resolution program.—Not later than the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing 114 STAT. 3012 Improvement Act of 2000, the Secretary shall establish a dispute resolution program that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(12) for dispute resolution in each State described in paragraph (2) of this subsection. The order establishing the dispute resolution program shall be issued after notice and opportunity for public comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. “(2) Implementation of dispute resolution program.—Beginning on the expiration of the 5-year period described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall implement the dispute resolution program established under paragraph (1) in each State that has not established a dispute resolution program that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(12). “(3) Contracting out of implementation.—In carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary may contract with an appropriate agent to implement the dispute resolution program established under paragraph (2), except that such agent shall not be a person or entity other than a government, nor an affiliate or subsidiary of such a person or entity, that has entered into a contract with the Secretary to implement any other regulatory program under this title.”.