§5407. Research, testing, development, and training by Secretary; scope; contracts and grants with States, interstate agencies, and independent institutions
(a) The Secretary shall conduct research, testing, development, and training necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to-
(1) collecting data from any source for the purpose of determining the relationship between manufactured home performance characteristics and (A) accidents involving manufactured homes, and (B) the occurrence of death, personal injury, or damage resulting from such accidents;
(2) procuring (by negotiation or otherwise) experimental and other manufactured homes for research and testing purposes; and
(3) selling or otherwise disposing of test manufactured homes and reimbursing the proceeds of such sale or disposal into the current appropriation available for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(b) The Secretary is authorized to conduct research, testing, development, and training as authorized to be carried out by subsection (a) of this section by contracting for or making grants for the conduct of such research, testing, development, and training to States, interstate agencies, and independent institutions.
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Codification
References to "mobile homes", wherever appearing in text, changed to "manufactured homes" in view of the amendment of title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (this chapter) by section 308(c)(4) of
Amendments
1980-Subsec. (a)(1).