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H.R. 5658 113th Congress House

Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014

Official title: To revise the definition of "manufactured home" under the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to clarify the exclusion of certai… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To revise the definition of "manufactured home" under the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to clarify the exclusion of certain recreational vehicles, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 18, 2014 Introduced by: Marlin A. Stutzman Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHousing industry and standardsMotor vehicles
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 18, 2014
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 Latest action September 18, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to exclude from the definition of "manufactured home" covered by the Act any recreational vehicle designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use and built in compliance with consensus standards for such products, including:

  • a self-propelled motorhome or recreational vehicle trailer towed by another vehicle without a special highway use permit and regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a vehicle; and
  • a park model recreational vehicle with a gross area of up to 400 square feet and meeting other specified criteria.

(Currently, the definition excludes any self-propelled recreational vehicle.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 1
PETRI, TOM
· Dec 2, 2014
Ribble, Reid
· Dec 2, 2014
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Dec 2, 2014
Gibbs, Bob
· Nov 19, 2014
Duffy, Sean
· Sep 18, 2014
Walorski, Jackie
· Sep 18, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5658: Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5658/
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"H.R. 5658: Recreational Vehicle Certainty Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5658/.
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