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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–53 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1227—GULF 

COAST HURRICANE HOUSING RECOVERY ACT OF 2007 

MARCH 19, 2007.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WELCH of Vermont, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 254] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 254, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to the House 

with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1227, the Gulf 

Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, under a structured 

rule. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided 

and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 

the Committee on Financial Services. The rule waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of 

Rule XXI. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of 

a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services 

now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in Part 

A of this report, shall be considered as adopted. The bill as amended shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 

of order against provisions in the bill as amended. 

The rule makes in order only those further amendments printed 

in Part B of this report. The further amendments made in order 

may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 

equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 

demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against the amendments 

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except for clauses 9 and 10 of Rule XXI are waived. Finally, the 

rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

(except for clauses 9 and 10 of Rule XXI) includes the following: 

Rule XIII, clause 4(a)—Requiring a three-day layover of the committee report. 

Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibiting consideration of legislation which exceeds a committee’s allocation of new 

entitlement authority. 

Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act—Prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget authority, change in revenues, change in public debt, new entitlement authority, or new credit authority for a fiscal year until the budget 

resolution for that year has been agreed to. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 68 

Date: March 19, 2007. 

Measure: H.R. 1227. 

Motion by: Mr. Diaz-Balart. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and grant the appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Biggert (IL), #6, which would 

strike section 302 and insert a new section at the end of the bill 

that resets the Section 8 funding formula, instructing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to distribute Section 8 

funds to public housing authorities for the remainder of the 2007 

calendar year as they were distributed to public housing authorities before enactment of the continuing resolution, H.J. Res. 20. 

Results: Defeated 3–6. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart—

Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 69 

Date: March 19, 2007. 

Measure: H.R. 1227. 

Motion by: Mr. Hastings (WA). 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Price, Tom (GA), #2, which 

would require any new spending authorized by this legislation to 

have a specific offset. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Cardoza—Nay; Welch—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Dreier—Yea; 

Diaz-Balart—Yea; Hastings (WA)—Yea; Slaughter—Nay. 

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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

The amendment would replace the Section 101(a) provision 

transferring $1.175 billion in FEMA hazard mitigation funds to 

CDBG funds for use by the State of Louisiana with a provision prohibiting FEMA from disapproving or restricting use of such FEMA 

funds based on Louisiana Road Home features which provide a 

penalty for families that do not agree to live in the state, and 

which exempt seniors from this penalty. The amendment would 

also extend Section 101(b) reporting requirements to require all 4 

states that received Supplemental CDBG funds related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita provide quarterly reports with information 

on fund use. It would provide that certain reports be sent to the 

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Senate 

Homeland Security Committee. The amendment would modify Section 103(c) to provide that the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) will reimburse the City of New Orleans for city expenses related to the pilot program, and to enhance consulting requirements to ensure that NORA and the City have a coordinated 

development plan. It would change the 3-month extension of the 

DVP program to a provision that simply authorizes such sums as 

are necessary for that extension. The amendment would also direct 

the GAO to do a study of the number of households that were receiving federal rental housing assistance related to Hurricanes 

Katrina and Rita that were wrongfully or erroneously terminated, 

and to estimate how many of such households would be income eligible for Section 8 voucher assistance. The amendment would 

change administration of reimbursement of Title IV funds from 

HUD to FEMA. It clarifies that Section 305 vouchers are only for 

areas impacted by Katrina and Rita. It would also make technical 

changes to more properly refer to the program, and to ensure landlords are not receiving double reimbursements. The amendment 

would make payment of insurance claims under Title V FHA Treatment of Non-conveyable Properties provision subject to appropriations in advance and addresses other scorekeeping issues. The 

amendment provides that no funds authorized in the Act may be 

used to lobby or retain a lobbyist to influence Federal, State or 

local entities of officers. The amendment caps outlays under section 

102, which has the effect of eliminating problems arising under 

PAYGO. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Brown, Corinne (FL): The amendment would provide those receiving housing vouchers with additional comparable funds for utilities. (20 minutes) 

2. Brown, Corinne (FL): The amendment would provide two 

deadlines for residents to indicate their intent to return as well as 

two reoccupancy deadlines: October 1, 2007 and December 1, 2007. 

The amendment would also require HANO/HUD to assist tenants 

with negotiating early termination of their current leases. (20 minutes) 

3. Hensarling (TX): The amendment would require recipients of 

rental assistance under the bill to perform 20 hours per week of approved ‘‘work activities.’’ Approved activities include work, preparation to find work, vocational education, community service, and 

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providing child care services. Exemptions are provided for senior 

citizens, the disabled, those already exempt from TANF work requirements, and those who cannot access child care. (20 minutes) 

4. Biggert (IL): The amendment would require that, instead of replacing all pre-Katrina public housing units, only the number of 

public housing units occupied pre-Katrina be replaced. (20 minutes) 

5. Green, Al (TX): The amendment would extend FEMA housing 

assistance for evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma 

until December 31, 2007 and provide tenant-based rental assistance upon termination of FEMA housing assistance. (60 minutes) 

6. Neugebauer (TX): The amendment would strike section 306, 

which authorizes funds for eligible families to continue receiving 

voucher assistance after the termination of the Disaster Voucher 

Program. (60 minutes) 

7. Price, Tom (GA): The amendment would strike section 103, 

which eliminates the prohibition of use for match requirement. (20 

minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO BE CONSIDERED AS 

ADOPTED 

After section 1, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS. 

None 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. 

In section 101, strike subsection (a) and insert the following new 

subsection: 

(a) PROHIBITION OF RESTRICTION ON USE OF AMOUNTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—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—

(A) 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 

(B) waives the applicability of any limitation or reduction referred to in subparagraph (A) for homeowners who 

are elderly or senior citizens. 

(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Except as provided in paragraph 

(1), all other provisions of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5170c) shall apply to amounts specified in paragraph (3) that 

are used by the State of Louisiana under the Road Home Program of such State. 

(3) COVERED AMOUNTS.—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. 

In section 101(b), strike all of the matter that precedes subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and insert the following: 

(b) REPORTS.—

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(1) LOUISIANA ROAD HOME PROGRAM.—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. 

(2) OTHER STATES’ HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FUND- ED WITH CDBG DISASTER ASSISTANCE.—Each State that received 

amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and 

Development—Community Development Fund’’ 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 Public Law 109– 234 (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. 

(3) CONTENTS.—The information described in this paragraph 

with respect to a program is the following information: 

In section 101(b)(2) (relating to reporting programs) strike ‘‘The’’ and insert ‘‘With respect to any program described in paragraph (1) 

or (2), the’’. In paragraph (2) of section 101(b), strike ‘‘and reports’’ and all 

that follows through the end of the paragraph and insert the following: ‘‘. 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).’’. 

In section 101(b), redesignate paragraph (2) (relating to reporting 

periods) as paragraph (4). 

At the end of section 101(b), add the following new paragraph: 

(5) RECEIVING COMMITTEES.—The Committees specified in 

this paragraph are—

(A) the Committees on Financial Services and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; 

and 

(B) the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

the Senate. 

In section 101(c)(1), strike ‘‘Of the unexpended amounts referred 

to in subsection (a), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make $15,000,000 available’’ and insert the following: ‘‘The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall require 

the State of Louisiana to make available, from any amounts made 

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ment—Community Development Fund’ 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 Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 

472) and that remain unexpended, $15,000,000’’. 

In section 101(c)(2), after ‘‘acquisition’’ insert ‘‘or disposition’’. 

At the end of paragraph (2) of section 101(c), add the following: 

‘‘The costs associated with acquisition or disposition of a parcel of 

land may include costs for activities described in paragraph (3)(C) 

with respect to such parcel and costs described in paragraph 

(3)(F).’’. 

In section 101(c)(3)(C), strike ‘‘indemnify against environmental 

and other liabilities’’ and insert the following: ‘‘reduce the risk attributable to and indemnify against environmental, flood, and other 

liabilities’’. 

In section 101(c)(3)(D), strike ‘‘and’’ at the end. 

In section 101(c)(3)(E), strike the period and insert ‘‘; and’’. 

At the end of section 101(c)(3), add the following new subparagraph: 

(F) 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. 

In section 101(c)(6), strike ‘‘Committee’’ each place such term appears and insert ‘‘Committees’’. 

In section 101(c)(6), after ‘‘Financial Services’’ insert ‘‘and Transportation and Infrastructure’’. 

In section 101(c)(6), after ‘‘Urban Affairs’’ insert ‘‘and Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs’’. 

In section 101(d)(1), strike ‘‘made available under subsection (a)’’

and insert ‘‘referred to in subsection (a)(3)’’. 

In section 101(d)(1), strike ‘‘Committee’’ each place such term appears and insert ‘‘Committees’’. 

In section 101(d)(1), after ‘‘Financial Services’’ insert ‘‘and Transportation and Infrastructure’’. 

In section 101(d)(1), after ‘‘Urban Affairs’’ insert ‘‘and Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs’’. 

In section 101(d)(1), strike ‘‘, and to the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development’’. 

In section 101(d)(2), strike ‘‘made available under subsection (a)’’

and insert ‘‘referred to in subsection (a)(3)’’. 

In section 101(d)(3)(A), strike ‘‘Committees referred to in paragraph (1)’’ and insert ‘‘Committee on Financial Services of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Finance, 

and Urban Affairs of the Senate’’. 

In section 101(d)(3)(B), strike ‘‘such Committees and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’’ and insert ‘‘the Committees referred to in paragraph (1)’’. 

In section 102, strike ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert the following: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding’’. 

At the end of section 102 add the following new subsection: 

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(b) APPLICABILITY.—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. 

In section 102, strike ‘‘Louisiana Recovery Authority’’ and insert 

‘‘State of Louisiana’’. 

In the heading for subsection (b) of section 103, strike ‘‘ENVIRONMENT’’ and insert ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL’’. 

In section 104, strike ‘‘for the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development’’ and insert ‘‘, 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’’. 

Strike section 301 and insert the following new section: 

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF DVP PROGRAM. 

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. 

In section 305, after ‘‘for use’’ insert ‘‘in areas impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita’’. 

After section 307, insert the following new section: 

SEC. 308. GAO STUDY OF WRONGFUL OR ERRONEOUS TERMINATION 

OF FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 

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 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

In the heading for section 401, strike ‘‘CITY LEASE PROGRAM’’ and insert ‘‘LEASES ENTERED INTO UNDER SECTION 403 OF THE STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF ACT’’. 

In section 401, strike ‘‘Secretary of Housing and Urban Development’’ and insert ‘‘Director of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency’’. 

In section 401, strike ‘‘participated in the city lease program’’ and 

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tering in response to Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma of 2005, 

pursuant to the program’’. 

In section 401, before the period at the end, insert the following: 

‘‘, 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’’. 

In section 501, before ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ insert the following: ‘‘(a) 

IN GENERAL.—’’. 

At the end of section 501 add the following new subsection: 

(b) BUDGET ACT COMPLIANCE.—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. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER 

THE RULE 

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BROWN OF

FLORIDA, OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

In section 202(d), strike paragraph (2) and insert the following 

new paragraph: 

(2) 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. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BROWN OF

FLORIDA, OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

In section 202(b)(1), before ‘‘provide notice’’ insert ‘‘(A)’’: 

Before the period at the end of section 202(b)(1) insert the following: ‘‘, or (B) shall provide notice to such Housing Authority that 

the tenant is requesting an extension of the period to exercise such 

right. If, not later than August 1, 2007, a tenant provides notice 

requesting such an extension, as a condition of exercising a right 

under this paragraph to occupancy in such a dwelling unit, not 

later than October 1, 2007, the 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 December 1, 2007’’. 

At the end of section 202, add the following new subsection: 

(f) ASSISTANCE IN TERMINATING EXISTING LEASES.—The Housing 

Authority of New Orleans shall offer to each household who provides to such Authority notice of intent in accordance with subsection (b)(1) to exercise a right under such subsection to occupancy 

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sides at the time of the household is provided a occupancy in dwelling unit under this section. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

HENSARLING OF TEXAS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 

MINUTES

At the end of title III, add the following new section: 

SEC. 308. WORK REQUIREMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), each individual who is 18 years of age or older and is a member of a household residing in a dwelling for which rental assistance is provided 

pursuant to an extension or authorization of rental assistance provided under this title shall, as a condition of the continued provision of such assistance on behalf of such household, perform not 

fewer than 20 hours of approved work activities (as such term is 

defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

607(d))) per week . 

(b) EXEMPTION.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide an exemption from the applicability of paragraph (1) for any individual who—

(1) is 62 years of age or older; 

(2) is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under section 

216(i)(1) or 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 

1382c), and who is unable to comply with this section, or is a 

primary caretaker of such individual; 

(3) is engaged in a work activity (as such term is defined in 

section 407(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(d)), as 

in effect on and after July 1, 1997)); 

(4) meets the requirements for being exempted from having 

to engage in a work activity under the State program funded 

under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.) or under any other welfare program of the State 

in which the public housing agency administering rental assistance described in subsection (a) is located, including a Stateadministered welfare-to-work program; 

(5) is in a family receiving assistance under a State program 

funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare program of the 

State in which the public housing agency administering such 

rental assistance is located, including a State-administered 

welfare-to-work program, and has not been found by the State 

or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with such 

program; or 

(6) is a single custodial parent caring for a child who has not 

attained 6 years of age, and the individual proves that the individual has a demonstrated inability (as determined by the 

State) to obtain needed child care, for one or more of the following reasons: 

(A) Unavailability of appropriate child care within a reasonable distance from the individual’s home or work site. 

(B) Unavailability or unsuitability of informal child care 

by a relative or under other arrangements. 

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(C) Unavailability of appropriate and affordable formal 

child care arrangements. 

(c) ADMINISTRATION.—A public housing agency providing rental 

assistance described in subsection (a) may administer the work activities requirement under this section directly, through a resident 

organization, or through a contractor having experience in administering work activities programs within the service area of the 

public housing agency. The Secretary may establish qualifications 

for such organizations and contractors. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—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, such sums as may be necessary for the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out this section. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BIGGERT

OF ILLINOIS, OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

In section 203(a), strike ‘‘(including any uninhabitable unit and 

any unit previously approved for demolition)’’ and insert ‘‘that was 

occupied as of August 25, 2005,’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE AL GREEN

OF TEXAS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 60 MINUTES

At the end of the bill, add the following new title: 

TITLE IX—PROTECTION OF HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING FEMA HOUSING 

ASSISTANCE 

SEC. 901. EXTENSION OF FEMA HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 

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 (42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(1)) 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. 

SEC. 902. VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING FEMA 

RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOUSEHOLDS RESIDING IN 

FEMA TRAILERS. 

(a) TRANSFER OF FEMA RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SECTION 8 

VOUCHER PROGRAM.—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 is eligible for such voucher assistance 

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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. 

(b) VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS RESIDING IN FEMA 

TRAILERS.— (1) OFFER.—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 (42 

U.S.C. 1437f(o)), a voucher for such rental assistance, subject 

to the availability of amounts for such assistance made available in advance in appropriation Acts. 

(2) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—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. 

(c) TEMPORARY VOUCHERS.—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—

(1) the public housing agency administering such voucher 

pursuant to this section may not provide rental assistance 

under such voucher for any other household; 

(2) 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 

(3) 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. 

SEC. 903. REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT VOUCHERS. 

No owner (as such term is defined in section 8(f) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(f)) of any dwelling unit 

for which, at any time, rental payments for the individual or household residing in the unit were made, in whole or in part, using financial assistance for temporary housing provided under section 

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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, may refuse to lease such dwelling unit to 

a family on whose behalf tenant-based rental assistance is made 

available under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), a proximate cause of which is the status 

of such family as a holder of such voucher. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

NEUGEBAUER OF TEXAS, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 60 

MINUTES

Strike section 306 (relating to transfer of DVP vouchers to voucher program). 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PRICE OF

GEORGIA, OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 20 MINUTES

Strike section 103 (relating to elimination of prohibition of use 

for match requirement). 

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