Removal of debris resulting from a major disaster in residential common interest communities

Section 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5173) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Rules relating to residential common interest communities (1) Issuance of rules The President shall issue rules which provide that removal of debris or wreckage from a unit of real estate within a residential common interest community, condominium entity, an entity of a housing cooperative, or a manufactured home park from a major disaster is in the public interest when a State or local government determines in writing such debris or wreckage constitutes a threat to life, to public health or safety, or to the economic recovery of the residential common interest community. (2) Deference In issuing the rules under paragraph (1), the President shall be deferential to defined terms in State or local laws and ordinances..