A bill to make it clear that code standards prescribed for purposes of the Federal laws relating to housing and urban development do not supersede the corresponding standards embodied in local building, plumbing, electrical, fire prevention, or related codes where the local standards are higher.

Summary

States that nothing contained or prescribed in the Housing Act of 1949 or any other Federal Law shall prevent a locality from having and continuing in effect a building, plumbing, electrical, fire prevention, or related code emboding standards which, in terms of protecting the public health and safety, are determined by the National Bureau of Standards to be as high as or higher than the corresponding minimum code standards specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as required to be met in order for such locality to qualify for assistance or certification under the Act or any other provision of Federal law.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 24 January 1973

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