110 HR 1227 : Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-03-23
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery
Act of 2007
.
2.Limitation on use
of authorized amountsNone of
the amounts authorized by this Act may be used to lobby or retain a lobbyist
for the purpose of influencing a Federal, State, or local governmental entity
or officer.
<enum>I</enum><header>Community
development block grants</header>
<section id="H290E88F291FF4838BFAF04215003EC62"><enum>101.</enum><header>Flexibility of
Federal funds for Road Home program</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73BDE418D4B74B42B8A200E0536B0083"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition of
restriction on use of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="H17434C523D1F4DA38F2200CE6CAFC584"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency may not prohibit or restrict the use, by the State
of Louisiana under the Road Home Program of such State, of any amounts
specified in paragraph (3) based upon the existence or extent of any
requirement or condition under such program that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DF91F2DEFE6426A96561EEEE607A410"><enum>(A)</enum><text>limits or reduces
the amount made available to an eligible homeowner who does not agree to remain
an owner and occupant of a home in Louisiana; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD300B3FB03E64C24BDBC6E36EEFBE50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>waives the
applicability of any limitation or reduction referred to in subparagraph (A)
for homeowners who are elderly or senior citizens.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BA3B4C262F24C1F92EC2C9898BF17C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings
provision</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (1), all other
provisions of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170c">42 U.S.C. 5170c</external-xref>) shall apply to
amounts specified in paragraph (3) that are used by the State of Louisiana
under the Road Home Program of such State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BC9E8E5FD424B76AA313BFCE92AB5B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts specified
in this paragraph are any amounts provided for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
under the Hazard Mitigation Grant program of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency to the State of Louisiana.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8B049076F6943BBB002917EB875D655"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H318968AE602F4E7FAEA356EAE2E517AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Louisiana road
home program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State of
Louisiana shall submit reports under this subsection regarding the Road Home
Program of such State to the Committees identified in paragraph (5). Each such
report under this subsection shall describe and analyze the implementation,
status, and effectiveness of the Road Home Program and shall include the
information described in paragraph (3) regarding such program, for the
applicable reporting period and for the entire period of the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3D326C164094DE58447D7FABAB71503"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other States’
household assistance programs funded with CDBG disaster
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State that
received amounts made available under the heading <quote>Department of Housing
and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Community Development
Fund</quote> in chapter 9 of title I of division B of
Public Law
109–148 (119 Stat. 2779) or under such heading in chapter 9 of
title II of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref> (120 Stat. 472)
shall submit reports under this subsection regarding each grant program of the
State for assistance for individual households funded in whole or in part with
such amounts to the Committees identified in paragraph (5). Each such report
under this subsection shall describe and analyze the implementation, status,
and effectiveness of each such grant program and shall include the information
described in paragraph (3) regarding each such program, for the applicable
reporting period and for the entire period of such program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD27FB0DBE69F4C10A6DB2FD82FB9FFC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
information described in this paragraph with respect to a program is the
following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HC22ED1DCB9874E8C92E7A5C8CFB0A4E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of
applications submitted for assistance under the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H592FFD72C7594E82B957C1C83D28A2D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of
households for which assistance has been provided under the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8676CA14D0B472F824EDAC500304501"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The average amount
of assistance provided for each household under the program and the total
amount of assistance provided under the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97C8EB63F4E7498685A96ED88C000FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of
personnel involved in executing all aspects of the program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C939DDF21FE4BD1981BCF9B96303242"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Actions taken to
improve the program and recommendations for further such improvements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9396BD9DFD3345E0B680E6512AA9C19"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting
periods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any
program described in paragraph (1) or (2), the first report under this
subsection shall be submitted not later than the expiration of the 30-day
period that begins upon the date of the enactment of this Act. Reports shall be
submitted, during the term of each such program, not later than the expiration
of each successive: (A) 30-day period thereafter, in the case of the program
described in paragraph (1); and (B) calendar quarter thereafter, in the case of
the programs described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0978FEC7D21A4BE19718F8ADBE08DC00"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Receiving
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committees
specified in this paragraph are—</text>
<subparagraph id="H47F452AFD3D5434BAB6DFEAFBA7F05E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committees on
Financial Services and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF5E42E328FE4B3200DBC1522B78077E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committees on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0E1578151B23434A81ECCEA764469653"><enum>(c)</enum><header>New Orleans
Redevelopment Authority pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="HD919FA8DA15C450CB2DA59144F466143"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of
amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall require the State of Louisiana to make
available, from any amounts made available for such State under the heading
<quote>Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and
Development—Community Development Fund</quote> in chapter 9 of title I of
division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/148">Public Law 109–148</external-xref> (119 Stat. 2779)
or under such heading in chapter 9 of title II of
Public Law
109–234 (120 Stat. 472) and that remain unexpended, $15,000,000
to the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (in this subsection referred to as
the <quote>Redevelopment Authority</quote>), subject to paragraph (3), only for
use to carry out the pilot program under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB7EC8F4615D4A9CBEC1484FB7505C85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pilot program under this subsection
shall fund, through the combination of amounts provided under this subsection
with public and private capital from other sources, the purchase or costs
associated with the acquisition or disposition of individual parcels of land in
New Orleans, Louisiana, by the Redevelopment Authority to be aggregated,
assembled, and sold for the purpose of development by private entities only in
accordance with, and subject to, the Orleans Parish Recovery Plan, developed
and adopted by the City of New Orleans. The costs associated with acquisition
or disposition of a parcel of land may include costs for activities described
paragraph (3)(C) with respect to such parcel and costs described in paragraph
(3)(F).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FD7AA393613496690CC66529EF6EDF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certifications</header><text>The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make amounts available pursuant
to paragraph (1) to the Redevelopment Authority only upon the submission to the
Secretary of certifications, sufficient in the determination of the Secretary
to ensure that the Redevelopment Authority—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00C2E23929FC42F7A7A02617EE5EA8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the authority
to purchase land for resale for the purpose of development in accordance with
the pilot program under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H366C96CAE46A479984B791AB7C5FD371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has bonding
authority (either on its own or through a State bonding agency) or has credit
enhancements sufficient to support public/private financing to acquire land for
the purposes of the pilot program under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4E287C6F03243BCA1B43C7DE4A20850"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has the authority and capacity to ensure
clean title to land sold under the pilot program and to reduce the risk
attributable to and indemnify against environmental, flood, and other
liabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9403DB72B61415A851C00DB57CD1017"><enum>(D)</enum><text>will provide a
first right to purchase any land acquired by the Redevelopment Authority to the
seller who sold the land to the Redevelopment Authority;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19CB9662C10F4694806E84D63CC46076"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has in place
sufficient internal controls to ensure that funds made available under this
subsection may not be used to fund salaries or other administrative costs of
the employees of the Redevelopment Authority; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0CBF0EC19F443BEA4A53FE9B6CEA3D0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>will, in carrying
out the pilot program under this subsection, consult with the Office of
Recovery Management of the City of New Orleans regarding coordination of
activities under the program with the Recovery Plan referred to in paragraph
(2), reimbursement of such City for costs incurred in support of the program,
and use of program income and other amounts generated through the program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA309B45337C2453E85A8689195058D2D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Development
requirements</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under this
subsection, the Redevelopment Authority shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1E4EEA23CFB4975004300AA26D4B8B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sell land acquired
under the pilot program only as provided in paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57859AD2B2C6417BAE7B6E2809D2FAE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use any proceeds
from the sale of such land to replenish funds available for use under the pilot
program for the purpose of acquiring new parcels of land or to repay any
private financing for such purchases;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC861BA55ADB14591B19FE75100FFB98E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sell land
only—</text>
<clause id="H8E2B730594894938A78F305394DEA25E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
purchasers who agree to develop such sites for sale to the public; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HEA638337A80245579CAB6C3FB493AA5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
purchasers pursuant to paragraph (3)(D); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5850CABCA2CB41A4811DD000347FEE92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a
purchaser of land pursuant to paragraph (3)(D), ensure that the developer of
any adjacent parcels sold by the Redevelopment Authority makes an offer to the
purchaser to develop such land for a fee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA23205FA12B24CE09705292E38FC5572"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of stafford act limitations</header><text>Any requirements or limitations under
or pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act relating to use of properties acquired with amounts made available under
such Act for certain purposes, restricting development of such properties, or
limiting subsequent alienation of such properties shall not apply to amounts
provided under this subsection or properties acquired under the pilot program
with such amounts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22643E49A78E4670AB738B25AD4044DA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>GAO study and
report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the expiration of
the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the pilot
program carried out under this subsection to determine the effectiveness and
limitations of, and potential improvements for, such program. Not later than 90
days after the expiration of such period, the Comptroller General shall submit
a report to the Committees on Financial Services and Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate regarding the results of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H875965531CF04560BD82E874A6325D00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Ongoing GAO
reports on use of amounts</header>
<paragraph id="HC3403788F9AC4B3FAF10594E7CC6A1BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quarterly
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period
that amounts referred to in subsection (a)(3) are being expended under the Road
Home Program of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees
on Financial Services and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. Such reports shall
describe and account for the use of all such amounts expended during the
applicable quarterly period and identify any waste, fraud, or abuse involved in
the use of such amounts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2EBBA50CA9654138AA8E987FFA33A5F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall monitor the
total amount referred to in subsection (a)(3) that has been expended by such
Authority and, pursuant to such monitoring—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1F97ED22AC5B4F31BCDA6C1EBE40D72C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon determining
that at least two percent of such amount has been expended, shall include in
the first quarterly report thereafter a written determination of such
expenditure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD6419A64F3444A081138E31983DC200"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon determining,
at any time after the determination under subparagraph (A), that the portion of
such total amount expended at such time that was subject to waste, fraud, or
abuse exceeds 10 percent, shall include in the first quarterly report
thereafter a certification to that effect.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H12B73C96695B4422922453D401E90058"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Actions in
response to waste, fraud, and abuse</header><text>If at any time the
Comptroller General submits a report under paragraph (1) that includes a
certification under paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H814AD8462BDC4D58B1C4912D92A199FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate shall each hold hearings within 60 days to identify the
reasons for such waste, fraud, and abuse; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06286A280ECF4F789C574CE9CF443345"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Comptroller General shall submit a
report to the Committees referred to in paragraph (1) within 90 days
recommending actions to be taken to prevent further waste fraud and abuse in
expenditure of such amounts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCEAE38A1F36A4C0CB807C53422838F79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Treatment of
benefits from other programs under Road Home Program</header>
<subsection id="HE453537721604E47A3FF4B2656B3F04F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent that amounts
made available under the heading <quote>Department of Housing and Urban
Development-Community Planning and Development—Community Development
Fund</quote> in chapter 9 of title I of division B of
Public Law
109–148 (119 Stat. 2779), under such heading in chapter 9 of
title II of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref> (120 Stat. 472),
and under section 101 of this title, are used by the State of Louisiana under
the Road Home program, the procedures preventing duplication of benefits
established pursuant to the penultimate proviso under such heading in
Public Law
109–148 (119 Stat. 2781) and the 15th proviso under such
heading in <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref> (120 Stat. 473)
shall not apply with respect to any benefits received from hazard insurance,
flood insurance, or disaster payments from the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, except to the extent that the inapplicability of such procedures would
result in a windfall gain under the Road Home Program to any person.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14E405F4074949229736E446B3CC4720"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period consisting of fiscal
years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
monitor the expenditure, under the Road Home Program, of amounts referred to in
subsection (a) that were made available from Public Laws 109–148 and 109–234.
If at any time during such period the cumulative outlays resulting from the
inapplicability, pursuant to subsection (a), of the procedures referred to in
such subsection preventing duplication of benefits exceed $1,250,000,000, the
Secretary shall suspend the applicability of subsection (a) for the remainder
of such period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H749012F6B77F4D35B7EA016D1FEE945F"><enum>103.</enum><header>Elimination of
prohibition of use for match requirement</header>
<subsection id="H5263F45AA596427B9658A4DCFA2325CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any amounts made available before the date of the
enactment of this Act for activities under the community development block
grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301
et seq.) for expenses related to disaster relief, long-term
recovery, and restoration of infrastructure in the areas impacted or distressed
by the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma in States for which
the President declared a major disaster, or made available before such date of
enactment for such activities for such expenses in the areas impacted or
distressed by the consequences of Hurricane Dennis, may be used by a State or
locality as a matching requirement, share, or contribution for any other
Federal program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8FA8A525D5574A4500642935F928518"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Efficient
environmental review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
when a State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe, or Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands uses amounts referred to in subsection (a), the release
of which would otherwise be subject to environmental reviews under the
procedures authorized under section 104(g) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5304">42 U.S.C. 5304(g)</external-xref>), to match or
supplement the federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 406, 407, or
502 of Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducts an environmental
review that encompasses all activities assisted by such matching funds, the
Director’s environmental review shall satisfy all of the environmental
responsibilities that would otherwise be assumed by the State, unit of general
local government, Indian tribe, or Department of Hawaiian Home Lands under such
section 104(g), and the requirements and procedures of such provision,
including assumption of environmental review responsibilities and submission
and approval of a request for release of funds and certification, shall be
inapplicable, if, prior to its commitment of any matching funds for such
activities, the State, unit of general local government, Indian tribe, or
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands notifies the Director and the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development that it elects to defer to the Director's
environmental review responsibilities. If a deferral is elected under this
subsection, the Director shall be the responsible party for any liability under
the applicable law if the environmental review as described in the preceding
sentence is deficient in any manner.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H9A600BFCEE1E40CEB11B3F22B72E80DE"><enum>104.</enum><header>Reimbursement
of CDBG amounts used for rental housing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There
are authorized to be appropriated, from any amounts made available before the
date of the enactment of this Act under any provision of law to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act relating to the consequences of
Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma that remain unobligated, and from any amounts
made available before such date of enactment under any provision of law to such
Agency for such disaster relief relating to the consequences of Hurricane
Dennis that remain unobligated, such sums as may be necessary to be made
available to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for
transfer to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, for such Secretary
to provide assistance under title I of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) to metropolitan cities and urban counties
that used amounts previously made available under such title to provide rental
housing assistance for families residing in such city or county pursuant to
evacuation from their previous residences because of such hurricanes in the
amount necessary to provide each such city and county with an amount equal to
the aggregate amount of previous assistance under such title so used.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Public
Housing</header>
<section id="H46BFF2FADD38461C993CF95525871309"><enum>201.</enum><header>Survey of
public housing residents</header>
<subsection id="HF8301933D9E24A858DCD902D3B94BE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Survey</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall provide for the conducting of a survey, using appropriate
scientific research methods, by an independent entity or organization, to
determine, of the households who as of August 28, 2005, resided in public
housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a(b))) operated or administered by the Housing
Authority of New Orleans, in Louisiana—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA9E9A7A406E40F2A11BF4B24FDB85A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>which and how many
such households intend to return to residences in dwelling units described in
section 202(d) of this Act, when presented with the options of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEB127B3438C480296E8E929C1CB3542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>returning to
residence in a repaired public housing or comparable dwelling unit in New
Orleans; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB087BD20D864223998DB53F835736FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continuing to
receive rental housing assistance from the Federal Government; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H315490E1E0AF4397A1FFB5FC8CCCCC7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when such
households intend to return.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H250E68E8A2844FCEA9FBEE00C4132FEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation of
residents</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit recommendations from
resident councils and residents of public housing operated or administered by
such Housing Authority in designing and conducting the survey under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56C32C301EF94D2FB65EDC3EDDE7903F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Proposed survey
document</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
submit the full research design of the proposed document to be used in
conducting the survey to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate not less than 10 business days before the commencement of such
survey.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7C48812252EC405FB8F900BE3D51BDD0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit a report the
Committees referred to in subsection (c) detailing the results of the survey
conducted under subsection (a) not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1C9611B1D6F3410C94693FB8582DA700"><enum>202.</enum><header>Right of return
for previous residents of public housing</header>
<subsection id="HB89246ECFB76447197A5F94270F12279"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To
provide dwelling units</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than August 1, 2007, the Housing Authority of New Orleans shall make
available for occupancy, subject to subsection (b), a number of dwelling units
(including those currently occupied) described in subsection (d) that is not
less than the greater of—</text>
<paragraph id="HF604F1E86F70486E9149833D8BB6BD6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>3,000; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC78A917DDA0C4152B98CF146004F932E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of households who have
indicated, in the survey conducted pursuant to section 201, that they intend to
return to residence in public housing operated or administered by such public
housing agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H50F814964F814500A000C4A0885EE571"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Right of
return</header>
<paragraph id="H187F32E65A224B87A4AF15D84E477BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject only to
subsection (c), the Housing Authority of New Orleans shall make available, upon
the request of any household who, as of August 28, 2005, was a tenant of public
housing operated or administered by such public housing agency, occupancy for
such household in a dwelling unit provided pursuant to subsection (a). As a
condition of exercising a right under this paragraph to occupancy in such a
dwelling unit, not later than August 1, 2007, a tenant shall provide notice to
such Housing Authority of intent to exercise such right and shall identify a
date that the tenant intends to occupy such a dwelling unit, which shall not be
later than October 1, 2007.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFE911F01E2246CDBD87F852658BF2BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preferences</header><text>In
making dwelling units available to households pursuant to paragraph (1), such
Housing Authority shall provide preference to each such household for occupancy
in a dwelling unit in the following locations, in the following order:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4A1461DB8654772BD174CEC8363502E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A dwelling unit in
the same public housing project occupied by the household as of August 28,
2005, if available.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF801ACE7409F42048302562CCD9FEFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A dwelling unit in
the same census tract in which was located the public housing dwelling unit
occupied by the household as of August 28, 2005, if available.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0E8C007376242439B1D8219C200B716"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A dwelling unit in
a census tract adjacent to the census tract in which was located the public
housing dwelling unit occupied by the household as of August 28, 2005, if
available.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D67C691EFA44C41A62199542F518C13"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A dwelling unit in
the neighborhood in which was located the public housing dwelling unit occupied
by the household as of August 28, 2005, if available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53106109ED68440089F655537C35243B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition of
exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Housing
Authority of New Orleans, and any other manager of replacement dwelling units
set forth in this section shall not, including through the application of any
waiting list or eligibility, screening, occupancy, or other policy or practice,
prevent any household referred to in subsection (b)(1) from occupying a
replacement dwelling unit provided pursuant to subsection (a), except that such
Housing Authority or other manager shall prevent a household from occupying
such a dwelling unit, and shall provide priority for occupancy in such dwelling
units, as follows: any other provision of Federal law prohibits occupancy or
tenancy of such household in the type of housing of the replacement dwelling
unit provided for such household.</text>
<paragraph id="HCCE9D0C092EB4BC5BA93DBBA5133D90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Notwithstanding any
priority under paragraphs (4) through (6), a household shall be prevented from
such occupancy to the extent that any other provision of Federal law prohibits
occupancy or tenancy of such household, or any individual who is a member of
such household, in the type of housing of the replacement dwelling unit
provided for such household.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85A49344915E4AEFAB9F918EBC5125F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any priority under
paragraphs (4) through (6), a household shall be prevented from such occupancy
if it includes any individual who has been convicted of a drug dealing offense,
sex offense, or crime of domestic violence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B42E6853D404B788E31B750A8FBAA0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any priority under
paragraphs (4) through (6), a household shall be prevented from such occupancy
on the basis of a determination that occupancy of any individual who is a
member of the household may constitute a threat to public safety, including a
threat caused by occupancy that would facilitate reunification of members of
gangs involved in criminal activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC74D8BECF7D24E40B8D581BA8D5E087"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Priority in such
occupancy shall be provided to individuals who are employed or households that
include individuals who are employed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA23FC8B7105949F6B500D6CAAD3357C8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Priority in such
occupancy in public housing dwelling units shall be provided to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66C2A3303896457EB917676B055BC53F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals who
agree to contribute toward community service, or to participate in an economic
self-sufficiency program for, more hours per month than is required under
section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437j(c));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEEF4B9DD3A34ACB8B8DB59F277CC3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals who,
under paragraph (2) of section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
are exempt from the requirement under paragraph (1) of such section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BC747C852014203A2DDFCC95DF7AF00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>households that
include such individuals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H879B7FD0D1EE48C5872DAB140728B900"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A household that
consists of a family or youth described in section 8(x)(2) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)</external-xref>; relating to
family unification) shall be provided priority in such occupancy.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue regulations to carry out
the exceptions under paragraphs (1) through (6).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H412FCA8758534A8EA89962A69046C4FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Replacement
dwelling units</header><text>A dwelling unit described in this subsection
is—</text>
<paragraph id="H6796F81BB95644DB85DB0053A5067BA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
dwelling unit in public housing operated or administered by the Housing
Authority of New Orleans; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5833A52A7AD4477CA7C9C3EEC6B1C47C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
dwelling unit in other comparable housing located in the jurisdiction of the
Housing Authority of New Orleans for which the sum of the amount required to be
contributed by the tenant for rent and any separate utility costs for such unit
borne by the tenant is comparable to the sum of the amount required to be
contributed by the tenant for rental of a comparable public housing dwelling
unit and any separate utility costs for such unit borne by the tenant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D7CCA0606FD43818000337CD3F4D3F3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Relocation
assistance</header><text>The Housing Authority of New Orleans shall provide, to
each household provided occupancy in a dwelling unit pursuant to subsection
(b), assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4601">42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.</external-xref>) for
relocation to such dwelling unit.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5F4451D5045040FFBF6FC1A750C557CC"><enum>203.</enum><header>One-for-one
replacement of all public housing dwelling units</header>
<subsection id="HDDC288A31D264FDDBD2C12F729D77F5C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conditions on
demolition</header><text>After the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Housing Authority of New Orleans may not demolish or dispose of any dwelling
unit of public housing operated or administered by such agency (including any
uninhabitable unit and any unit previously approved for demolition) except
pursuant to a plan for replacement of such units in accordance with, and
approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to,
subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B0EC7C9B01D4556B8B73F6F3F67E9B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Plan
requirements</header><text>The Secretary may not approve a plan that provides
for demolition or disposition of any dwelling unit of public housing referred
to in subsection (a) unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H231C6F3FE3014338A6750072947982E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such plan is developed with the active
participation of the resident councils of, and residents of public housing
operated or administered by, such Housing Authority and with the City of New
Orleans, at every phase of the planning and approval process, through a process
that provides opportunity for comment on specific proposals for redevelopment,
demolition, or disposition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E5A5A35246445CA95E9A1FDACBC6E9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 60
days before the date of the approval of such plan, such Housing Authority has
convened and conducted a public hearing regarding the demolition or disposition
proposed in the plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H103781C2FCED4A3C000057AA228B0743"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such plan provides
that for each such dwelling unit demolished or disposed of, such public housing
agency will provide an additional dwelling unit through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC11E4B5A03D649F8802046E86BEACA8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition or
development of additional public housing dwelling units; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H011AAA83163545DE00ABEB2D89529F08"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition, development, or
contracting (including through project-based assistance) of additional dwelling
units that are subject to requirements regarding eligibility for occupancy,
tenant contribution toward rent, and long-term affordability restrictions which
are comparable to public housing units;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3220CEFA89C54E90A6100083AFE778F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such plan provides
for the implementation of a right for households to occupancy housing in
accordance with section 202;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7246FE56EC54300AAB29990BF52C744"><enum>(5)</enum><text>such plan provides
priority in making units available under paragraph (3) to residents identified
in section 201;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46D55968F8FE47A4B9AE4271BBDA64CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such plan provides that the proposed
demolition or disposition and relocation will be carried out in a manner that
affirmatively furthers fair housing, as described in subsection (e) of section
808 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D0B97522B704EB3A1A5122910E39362"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to the extent that
such plan provides for the provision of replacement or additional dwelling
units, or redevelopment, in phases over time, such plan provides that the ratio
of dwelling units described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) that
are provided in any such single phase to the total number of dwelling units
provided in such phase is not less than the ratio of the aggregate number of
such dwelling units provided under the plan to the total number of dwelling
units provided under the plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1F53242A352427AB27DD287FBC5C71E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inapplicable
provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraphs (B)
and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to vouchers used to
comply with the requirements of subsection (b)(3) of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H944DFF9AEFEE45468D9753C40962F08E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall provide for the appropriate field offices of the Department
to monitor and supervise enforcement of this section and plans approved under
this section and to consult, regarding such monitoring and enforcement, with
resident councils of, and residents of public housing operated or administered
by, the Housing Authority of New Orleans and with the City of New
Orleans.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD298AA7584B04AD9B16700E78F00D1C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Protection for
public housing residents in hurricane areas</header>
<subsection id="H70C7852E565E470A94658BFCD3254ECE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conditions on
transfer</header><text>During the two year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, a public housing agency may not transfer ownership of
any public housing dwelling units described in subsection (h) unless the
transferee enters into such binding commitments as the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development considers necessary to maintain, for the longest feasible
period, the requirements regarding eligibility for occupancy in such dwelling
units and tenant contribution toward rent for such dwelling units that are
applicable to such units as public housing dwelling units.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB611973D31864A269293A1082D170049"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions on
demolition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After the date of
the enactment of this Act, a public housing agency may not dispose or demolish
any dwelling units described in subsection (h), except pursuant to a plan for
replacement of such units in accordance with, and approved by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development pursuant to, subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8462FD68CDB14EB0AD4BD2A61F4659E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan
requirement</header><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may
not approve a plan that provides for demolition or disposition of any dwelling
unit of public housing described in subsection (h) unless such plan complies
with the requirements under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (6), and (7) of section
203(b), except that such paragraphs shall be applied for purposes this
subsection by substituting <quote>the public housing agency</quote> and
<quote>applicable unit of general local government</quote> for <quote>such
Housing Authority</quote> and <quote>City of New Orleans</quote>,
respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84837315C3A24EB199785201D83D174C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation
assistance</header><text>A public housing agency shall provide, to each
household relocated pursuant to a plan under this section for demolition or
disposition, assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970 for relocation to their new
residence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E54F0C28F42437BB979182FC8CEBD4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Right of
return</header><text>A public housing agency administering or operating public
housing dwelling units described in subsection (h) has the obligation—</text>
<paragraph id="HC40ADF35D5B54A1C8174C8189A39758"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to
use its best efforts to locate tenants displaced from such public housing as a
result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1960EB2E29DE4A29B14664B72C01F695"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide such
residents occupancy in public housing dwelling units of such agency that become
available for occupancy, and to ensure such residents a means to exercise such
right of return.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFC22B9E4DA042708C681BB65740D8C6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Inapplicability
of certain project-based voucher limitations</header><text>Subparagraphs (B)
and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to any project-based
vouchers used to comply with the requirements of a plan under subsection
(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02F5FAC0802246FF8395993C1BAEFD00"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on
displacement from habitable units</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A public housing agency may not displace a
tenant from any public housing dwelling unit described in subsection (h) that
is administered or operated by such agency and is habitable (including during
any period of rehabilitation), unless the agency provides a suitable and
comparable dwelling unit for such tenant in the same local community as such
public housing dwelling unit.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E6D4F0F72524E1BB7A5D7FEACCB1F02"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Covered public
housing dwelling units</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
public housing dwelling units described in this subsection are any such
dwelling units located in any area for which major disaster or emergency was
declared by the President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita of 2005,
except that such dwelling units shall not include any public housing dwelling
units operated or administered by the Housing Authority of New Orleans.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBF8648743E684C429E3F28634004B922"><enum>205.</enum><header>Reports on
proposed conversions of public housing units</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 15-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate a detailed report identifying all public
housing projects located in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Rita of
2005, for which plans exist to transfer ownership to other entities or
agencies. Such report shall include the following information for each such
project:</text>
<paragraph id="HABC727215AEC4094B910F7005321AFD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name and
location.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB8F036D07394DC3B33F3FB4788DBFE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of
dwelling units.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC148E312CD7E46B4B04800003786F404"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The proposed new
owner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC3EE134594A47A09BB1694FCE96ABC2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The existing
income eligibility and rent provisions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E3B6E336C084CD3A600433B419B3F76"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Duration of
existing affordability restrictions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BE8D9B202994B0E81AB24AB2DA5F617"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The proposed date
of transfer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE733FAF9DA8A44DCBAEAB08971731B00"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Any other relevant
information regarding the project.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5381308DBADB429B8FA4BADD8592EA14"><enum>206.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations for repair and rehabilitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to carry out activities eligible for funding under the
Capital Fund under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437g) for the repair, rehabilitation, and development of
public housing of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, and for community and
supportive services for the residents of public housing operated or
administered by the Housing Authority of New Orleans.</text>
</section><section id="H72A73C0768534F0EBB0438C8E3F9BA20"><enum>207.</enum><header>Compliance of
existing requests for proposals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Each request for qualification or proposal
issued before the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to any public
housing operated or administered by the Housing Authority of New Orleans shall,
notwithstanding any existing terms of such requests, be subject to and comply
with all provisions of this title and, to the extent necessary to so comply,
such Housing Authority shall reissue such requests.</text>
</section><section id="H47B2F5A0972D4CDCB57ED4B42700E1FE"><enum>208.</enum><header>Reports on
compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the
expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act and not later than the expiration of each calendar quarter thereafter, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit a detailed report
regarding compliance with the requirements of this title, including the
resident participation requirement under section 203(b)(1), to the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the resident councils of, and
residents of public housing operated or administered by, the Housing Authority
of New Orleans, and the City of New Orleans.</text>
</section><section id="HE825AABEFD1D41BCA81ED3BF001FB189"><enum>209.</enum><header>Requirements
regarding public housing construction workers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any entity that receives any Federal funds
made available pursuant to this title for construction, development,
rehabilitation, or repair of public housing shall verify that all workers
employed by such entity and engaged in such activities—</text>
<paragraph id="H10E70F49D5B946C39B9EBFDEB9123900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have an
immigration status that allows them to legally be so employed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H559AE548862B4636B11E673E12B651F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have a valid form
of identification or documentation indicating such immigration status.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Disaster Voucher
Program and Project-Based Rental Assistance</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827F2DA8866D48BD90C3294600F0B400"><enum>301.</enum><header>Extension of
DVP program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide
assistance under the Disaster Voucher Program of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development established pursuant to
Public Law
109–148 (119 Stat. 2779) through January 1, 2008, and, to the
extent that amounts for such purpose are made available, such program, and the
authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to waive
requirements under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f) in administering assistance under such program, shall be
so extended.</text>
</section><section id="HD74807ADF4F84C0B8BBFF5E986F522C7"><enum>302.</enum><header>Clarification
of voucher allocation formula for fiscal year 2007</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
carrying out section 21033 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007,
to provide renewal funding for tenant-based rental housing assistance under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for each public housing
agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make, for any
public housing agency impacted by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, such
adjustments as are appropriate to provide adequate funding to adjust for
reduced voucher leasing rates and increased housing costs arising from such
hurricanes.</text>
</section><section id="HB1E5D099C7744462AE09819E76726ED5"><enum>303.</enum><header>Preservation of
project-based housing assistance payments contracts for dwelling units damaged
or destroyed</header>
<subsection id="H9FC185DF11C34B228410EB13975F5D42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tolling of
contract term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a project-based housing assistance payments
contract for a covered assisted multifamily housing project shall not expire or
be terminated because of the damage or destruction of dwelling units in the
project by Hurricane Katrina or Rita. The expiration date of the contract shall
be deemed to be the later of the date specified in the contract or a date that
is not less than three months after the dwelling units in the project or in a
replacement project are first made habitable.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H029BBB74A3F14E3BB6232D04DCACE9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Owner proposals
for reuse or re-siting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall promptly review and shall
approve all feasible proposals made by owners of covered assisted multifamily
housing projects submitted to the Secretary, not later than October 1, 2007,
that provide for the rehabilitation of the project and the resumption of use of
the assistance under the contract for the project, or, alternatively, for the
transfer, pursuant to subsection (c), of the contract or, in the case of a
project with an interest reduction payments contract, of the remaining budget
authority under the contact, to another multifamily housing project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4F4CEC3024647E9A75FCDF30141667"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfer of
contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any
covered assisted multifamily housing project, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB17BCA500B87404CA298B876A95797E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a
project with a project-based rental assistance payments contract described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(2), transfer the contract to
another appropriate and habitable existing project or a project to be
constructed (having the same or a different owner); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2419528212574356AF79D9C2A1727952"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a
project with an interest reduction payments contract pursuant to section 236 of
the National Housing Act, use the remaining budget authority under the contract
for interest reduction payments to reduce financing costs with respect to
dwelling units in other habitable projects not currently so assisted, and such
dwelling units shall be subject to the low-income affordability restrictions
applicable to projects for which such payments are made under section 236 of
the National Housing Act.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">A project
to which a project-based rental assistance payments contract is transferred may
have a different number of units or bedroom configuration than the damaged or
destroyed project if approximately the same number of individuals are expected
to occupy the subsidized units in the replacement project as occupied the
damaged or destroyed project.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H704EA02270AB46DEBF785B2C3010721C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HE95C46BE62014515849E9629FA249B83"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered assisted
multifamily housing project</header><text>The term <quote>assisted multifamily
housing project</quote> means a multifamily housing project that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86DA1EB7BE9B4768BBC4C0A6DCF3261"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as of the date of the enactment of this
Act, is subject to a project-based rental assistance payments contract
(including pursuant to subsection (a) of this section); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA452C8526FA8422B006572C14CBEFBE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane
Katrina or Hurricane Rita of 2005.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3B59AC078FB400A8338CE9777EE697B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project-based
rental assistance payments contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>project-based rental
assistance payments contract</quote> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59AD55BA6E044EDEBFF5B00CCF61D80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a contract entered
into pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0ADE99A3E1EC4FAB8EF62D39A600499C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a contract for
project rental assistance pursuant to section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of
1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(c)(2));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H606A9E58C6084D209F04D4D012EB595F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract for project rental assistance
pursuant to section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95C0B4ED16144CA8A9A33BAC903D02CA"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an interest reduction payments contract
pursuant to section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6EBA785EA08E4AB586BF6D388149AE30"><enum>304.</enum><header>Tenant
replacement vouchers for all lost units</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2008 such sums as may be necessary to provide tenant replacement
vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f) for the number of households that is equal to—</text>
<paragraph id="HF40953919525425DA8B1DF7C30C5E6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of
assisted dwelling units (whether occupied or unoccupied) located in covered
assisted multifamily housing projects (as such term is defined in section
303(d) of this Act) that are not approved for reuse or re-siting by the
Secretary; plus</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD839DBDAEE13470DA088549C84355BA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of
public housing dwelling units that, as of August 28, 2005, were located in
areas affected by Hurricane Katrina and were considered for purposes of
allocating operating and capital assistance under section 9 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (whether occupied or unoccupied), that will not be
put back into use for occupancy; plus</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9BE3A4C94B94228B918AC4C4340002E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of public housing dwelling units
that, as of September 24, 2005, were located in areas affected by Hurricane
Rita and were considered for purposes of allocating operating and capital
assistance under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (whether
occupied or unoccupied), that will not be put back into use for occupancy;
minus</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73B3C427BC17443B8802270082D21C42"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number of
previously awarded enhanced vouchers for assisted dwelling units and tenant
protection vouchers for public housing units covered under this section.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">Any amounts
made available pursuant to this section shall, upon the request of a public
housing agency for such voucher assistance, be allocated to the public housing
agency based the number of dwelling units described in paragraph (1) or (2)
that are located in the jurisdiction of the public housing agency.</continuation-text></section><section id="HA16018B4A2A34A34A9B8E4B172B75F6"><enum>305.</enum><header>Voucher
assistance for supportive housing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to provide 4,500 vouchers for project-based rental
assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)(13)) for use in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita for supportive housing dwelling units for elderly families, persons
with disabilities, or homeless persons. The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall make available to the State of Louisiana or its designee or
designees, upon request, 3,000 of such vouchers. Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of
section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to vouchers made
available under this section.</text>
</section><section id="HBB3A41B7FF384AEF995493872E3800BC"><enum>306.</enum><header>Transfer of DVP
vouchers to voucher program</header>
<subsection id="H5858CA8331A04D1BAA736DB30045DC21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer to
section 8 voucher program</header><text>There are authorized to be
appropriated, for tenant-based assistance under section 8(o) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)</external-xref>), such sums as
may be necessary to provide vouchers for such assistance for each household
that, as of the termination date of the Disaster Voucher Program referred to in
section 301 of this Act, is assisted under such program, for the period that
such household is eligible for such voucher assistance. Such voucher assistance
shall be administered by the public housing agency having jurisdiction of the
area in which such assisted family resides as of such termination date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H82C378E5D72C4124A5CA7E3003F9C526"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporary
vouchers</header><text>If at any time a household for whom a voucher for rental
housing assistance is provided pursuant to this section becomes ineligible for
further such rental assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="H67010C18111F4C08B4ACDC6B9F2702A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the public housing
agency administering such voucher pursuant to this section may not provide
rental assistance under such voucher for any other household;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB893D9FBB72A4BA293F90275B037B1B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall recapture from such agency any remaining
amounts for assistance attributable to such voucher and may not reobligate such
amounts to any public housing agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF98C09422BB948A5AD376D197D95F370"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such voucher shall
not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining any future
allocation of amounts for such tenant-based rental assistance for any public
housing agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA4C8D1E8DDA840E5BB1756CFA71D8874"><enum>307.</enum><header>Identification
and notification of DVP-eligible households not assisted</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall make a good faith effort to identify all households who, as
of the date of the enactment of this Act, are eligible for assistance under the
Disaster Voucher Program referred to in section 301 but are not assisted under
such program. Upon identification of each such household, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCEC5A0A5CF047B8B73DA1E531E45404"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify such
household of the rights of the household to return a public housing or other
assisted dwelling unit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H672AE81AA42B4811B6A14E16C6BC77B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to
the extent that the family is eligible at such time of identification, offer
the household assistance under the Disaster Voucher program.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C7818608EEF41278990C320BEE20100" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header>GAO study of
wrongful or erroneous termination of Federal rental housing
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Comptroller
General of the United States shall conduct a study of households that received
Federal assistance for rental housing in connection with Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita to determine if the assistance for any such households was wrongfully or
erroneously terminated. The Comptroller General shall submit a report to the
Congress not later than June 1, 2007, setting forth the results of the study,
which shall include an estimate of how many households were subject to such
wrongful or erroneous termination and how many of those households have incomes
eligible for the household to receive tenant-based rental assistance under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f</external-xref>).</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Damages arising
from FEMA actions</header>
<section id="HA551586806C442C5B19F86DB44F48E55"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations to reimburse landlords for damages due to FEMA management of
leases entered into under section 403 of the Stafford Disaster Relief
Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be
appropriated, from amounts made available before the date of the enactment of
this Act under any provision of law to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
for disaster relief under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Emergency
Assistance Act, such sums as may be necessary for the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to provide reimbursement to each landlord who
entered into leases to provide emergency sheltering in response to Hurricane
Katrina, Rita, or Wilma of 2005, pursuant to the program of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency pursuant to section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170b">42 U.S.C. 5170b</external-xref>) in the amount of
actual, documented damages incurred by such landlord as a result of abrogation
by such Agency of commitments entered into under such program, but not
including reimbursement for any such landlord to the extent that such landlord
has previously received reimbursement for such damages under any other Federal
or non-Federal program.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>FHA
single family housing</header>
<section id="H408717989E6C4DFE89392800726FD1D3"><enum>501.</enum><header>Treatment of
non-conveyable properties</header>
<subsection id="H6B597390E17045D289661234B64CCFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of any property consisting of 1- to
4-family residence that is subject to a mortgage insured under title II of the
National Housing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1707">12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.</external-xref>) and was
damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita of 2005, if there
was no failure on the part of the mortgagee or servicer to provide hazard
insurance for the property or to provide flood insurance coverage for the
property to the extent such coverage is required under Federal law, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development—</text>
<paragraph id="H663C9760E65D40C096D4806F4F9B8CD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may not deny
conveyance of title to the property to the Secretary and payment of the
benefits of such insurance on the basis of the condition of the property or any
failure to repair the property;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD850F521DBE41F49D9466373228D760"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not reduce the
amount of such insurance benefits to take into consideration any costs of
repairing the property; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F28B07B16F8495EA874C5E4E0B38769"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with respect to a
property that is destroyed, condemned, demolished, or otherwise not available
for conveyance of title, may pay the full benefits of such insurance to the
mortgagee notwithstanding that such title is not conveyed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81C41991715B4B3A86B905AA22F2FB8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Budget Act
compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Insurance claims
may be paid in accordance with subsection (a) only to the extent or in such
amounts as are or have been provided in advance in appropriations Acts for the
costs (as such term is defined in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
661(a)) of such claims.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Fair
Housing Enforcement</header>
<section id="H4D34A14D812343C6A96818518DC8E7B3"><enum>601.</enum><header>Fair housing
initiatives program</header>
<subsection id="H778F4014A8234D9784B44D90F17707D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 561 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3616a">42 U.S.C. 3616a</external-xref>),
in each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, such sums as may be necessary, but not
less than $5,000,000, for areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, of
which, in each such fiscal year—</text>
<paragraph id="H69A0F8F8545D4884BED33774E6D4A5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>60
percent shall be available only for private enforcement initiatives for
qualified private enforcement fair housing organizations authorized under
subsection (b) of such section, and, of the amount made available in accordance
with this paragraph, the Secretary shall set aside an amount for multi-year
grants to qualified fair housing enforcement organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35223E5B671444CEB6AE4CC2D6C65EE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>20 percent shall
be available only for activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (c) of such section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60F84A0DF9F94AC5ABA9CF2CFFECB81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>20
percent shall be available only for education and outreach programs authorized
under subsection (d) of such section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D272CCD7BFB47C781841D12175BD945"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Low
funding</header><text>If the total amount appropriated to carry out the Fair
Housing Initiatives Program for either fiscal year 2008 or 2009 is less than
$50,000,000, not less than 5 percent of such total amount appropriated for such
fiscal year shall be available for the areas described in subsection (a) for
the activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of such
subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1C6EB8138EE425099BC146B82F710AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts appropriated under this section
shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Improved
distribution of Federal hurricane housing funds for hurricane relief</header>
<section id="H2493CDC18E94493C88B449CA44C9003C"><enum>701.</enum><header>GAO study of
improved distribution of Federal housing funds for hurricane relief</header>
<subsection id="H1526AEA79DFC4900A756A27E75A2615E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study to examine methods of improving the distribution
of Federal housing funds to assist States covered by this Act with recovery
from hurricanes, which shall include identifying and analyzing—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6C02E0CE1B943DDB9DC00FB1F3B00D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Federal and
State agencies used in the past to disburse such funds and the strengths and
weakness of existing programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBE05E5AED1749E19DAC503E57C9D9F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the means by and
extent to which critical information relating to hurricane recovery, such as
property valuations, is shared among various State and Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDE2DBD08E61495D8354DAE4E9CA5642"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">program requirements that create
impediments to the distribution of such funds that can be eliminated or
streamlined;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D9DD7E666B745279FA5F3F1DC7800B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>housing laws and
regulations that have caused programs to be developed in a manner that complies
with statutory requirements but fails to meet the housing objectives or needs
of the States or the Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47D8544B18124C61A025B9D89C09B626"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laws relating to privacy and impediments
raised by housing laws to the sharing, between the Federal Government and State
governments, and private industry, of critical information relating to
hurricane recovery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C963436416D4F4598D32649B7059743"><enum>(6)</enum><text>methods of
streamlining applications for and underwriting of Federal housing grant or loan
programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA9D9290E99A4B2C8E6139006B616C5F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>how to establish
more equitable Federal housing laws regarding duplication of benefits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E4DBAEE1D864E9B916C1FCC30CD89AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report describing the
results of the study and any recommendations regarding the issues analyzed
under the study.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Commending
Americans for their rebuilding efforts</header>
<section id="HBED544459A80454CB64F379D4781AE97"><enum>801.</enum><header>Commending
Americans</header>
<subsection id="HDB0A453D4F3D4E43B7C800F9DA40082"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional
findings</header><text>The Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H825E73B4BE6B415B81395BFF87BE9E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">over 500,000 individuals in the United
States have volunteered their time in helping rebuild the Gulf Coast region in
the aftermath of Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3296A7597185411300CBDC562996484"><enum>(2)</enum><text>over $3,500,000,000
in cash and in-kind donations have been made for hurricane victims;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD4B4C3885EA4A6AA0F1A700098FB7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>40,000,000 pounds
of food have been distributed by Catholic Charities’ Food Bank through
hurricane relief efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28A587848CB745D6A423F56245D56156"><enum>(4)</enum><text>almost 7,000,000
hot meals have been served by Salvation Army volunteers in hurricane relief
efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H921314B7AD294B17B9A5FC3C2781BAC1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>over 10,000,000
college students have devoted their spring and fall breaks to hurricane relief
efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E8A8E4080A6449B87ACF5EF00A5F98C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>almost 20,000
families displaced as a result of the hurricanes have been supported by
Traveler’s Aid volunteers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB188535A45E440DF8DAE3390E24C641F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">faith-based organizations, such as Jewish
Family Services, Lutheran Disaster Response, the United Methodist Committee on
Relief, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the National Baptist Convention of
America, Inc., the Progressive National Baptist Convention, the Southern
Baptist Convention, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church have contributed
tens of thousands of man-hours for hurricane relief; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC080E5CEA52B47199405256C732013C8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>community-based
organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club of America, Junior League, Boy
and Girl Scouts of America, and the YMCA, have had thousands of members
volunteer with the cleanup in the Gulf States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H270C51112731440F92C2F933FB6FC298"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commendation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress hereby commends the actions
and efforts by the remarkable individuals and organizations who contributed to
the hurricane relief effort and recognizes that the rebuilding of the Gulf
Coast region rests on the selfless dedication of private individuals and
community spirit.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IX</enum><header>Protection of
households receiving FEMA housing assistance</header>
<section id="HCDC62983A8D1413AB6E53E105D08D166" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Extension of FEMA
housing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to provide until
December 31, 2007, temporary housing assistance, including financial and direct
assistance, under section 408(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5174">42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(1)</external-xref>) to
individuals and households eligible to receive such assistance as a result of
Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, and to the extent that amounts for such
purpose are made available, such assistance shall be so extended.</text>
</section><section id="HCF08173F4FFD428C819C68BA49665FE6"><enum>902.</enum><header>Voucher
assistance for households receiving FEMA rental assistance and households
residing in FEMA trailers</header>
<subsection id="H3BB5C1B068E04AF58E370030AB9FA381"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of FEMA
rental assistance to section 8 voucher program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated,
for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)</external-xref>), such sums as
may be necessary to provide vouchers for such assistance for each individual
and household that is eligible for such voucher assistance and received
financial assistance for temporary housing under section 408(c)(1) of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5174(c)(1)) as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma,
for the period beginning upon termination of such temporary housing assistance
and continuing through such period that such individual or household remains
eligible for such voucher assistance. Such voucher assistance shall be
administered by the public housing agency having jurisdiction of the area in
which such assisted individual or household resides as of such termination
date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H31CDD82CB3B94E6887579873214C5562"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voucher
assistance for households residing in FEMA trailers</header>
<paragraph id="H77E23AF403044277892BA96D6FBAC405"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Offer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall offer, to each individual and household who, as of the date
of the enactment of this Act, receives direct assistance for temporary housing
under section 408(c)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5174(c)(2)) as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or
Wilma and is eligible for tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1437f">42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)</external-xref>), a voucher for
such rental assistance, subject to the availability of amounts for such
assistance made available in advance in appropriation Acts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9660E33D8C32459CA641B887C3129DF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provision of
assistance</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated, for
tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)), such sums as may be necessary to provide
vouchers for such assistance for each individual and household that, pursuant
to an offer of such assistance under paragraph (1) requests such assistance,
for the period beginning upon occupancy of the individual or household in a
dwelling unit acquired for rental with such assistance and continuing through
such period that such individual or household remains eligible for such voucher
assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D520BC181B545D1884BADB7C0594C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary
vouchers</header><text>If at any time an assisted family for whom a voucher for
rental housing assistance is provided pursuant to this section becomes
ineligible for further such rental assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="H8C089B84581D4B86A3B47E259679325B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the public housing
agency administering such voucher pursuant to this section may not provide
rental assistance under such voucher for any other household;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42512CCC1EAD43CFA1634B10E83000D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall recapture from such agency any remaining
amounts for assistance attributable to such voucher and may not reobligate such
amounts to any public housing agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EAE66C944C043478785008096C6F86B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such voucher shall
not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining any future
allocation of amounts for such tenant-based rental assistance for any public
housing agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>
Passed the House of
Representatives March 21, 2007.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.