114 STAT. 3004 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 Federal Register, publication. Federal Register, publication. Deadline. "(ii) determines that any standard should be rejected, the Secretary shall— "(I) reject the standard; and "(II) cause to be published in the Federal Register a notice to that effect, together with the reason or reasons for rejecting the proposed standard; or "(iii) determines that a standard recommended by the consensus committee should be modified, the Secretary shall— "(I) cause to be published in the Federal Register the proposed modified standard, together with an explanation of the reason or reasons for the determination of the Secretary; and "(II) provide an opportunity for public comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. "(D) FINAL ORDER.— Any final standard under this paragraph shall become effective pursuant to subsection (0. "(6) FAILURE TO ACT.— If the Secretary fails to take final action under paragraph (5) and to cause notice of the action to be published in the Federal Register before the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the date on which the proposed revised standard is submitted to the Secretary under paragraph (4)(A)— "(A) the Secretary shall appear in person before the appropriate housing and appropriations subcommittees and committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate (referred to in this paragraph as the 'committees') on a date or dates to be specified by the committees, but in no event later than 30 days after the expiration of that 12-month period, and shall state before the committees the reasons for failing to take final action as required under paragraph (5); and "(B) if the Secretary does not appear in person as required under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall thereafter, and until such time as the Secretary does appear as required under subparagraph (A), be prohibited from expending any funds collected under authority of this title in an amount greater than that collected and expended in the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, indexed for inflation as determined by the Congressional Budget Office. " (b) OTHER ORDERS. — "(1) REGULATIONS. — The Secretary may issue procedural and enforcement regulations and revisions to existing regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this title. The consensus committee may submit to the Secretary proposed procedural and enforcement regulations and recommendations for the revision of such regulations. "(2) INTERPRETATIVE BULLETINS.— The Secretary may issue interpretative bulletins to clarify the meaning of any Federal manufactured home construction and safety standard or procedural and enforcement regulation. The consensus committee may submit to the Secretary proposed interpretative bulletins
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