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(3) The proposed new owner. 
(4) The existing income eligibility and rent pro-
visions. 
(5) Duration of existing affordability restric-
tions. 
(6) The proposed date of transfer. 
(7) Any other relevant information regarding 
the project. 
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE-
PAIR AND REHABILITATION. 
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. 
SEC. 207. COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING REQUESTS FOR PRO-
POSALS. 
Each request for qualification or proposal issued be-
fore 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 
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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 re-
issue such requests. 
SEC. 208. REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE. 
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 Develop-
ment 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 Rep-
resentatives, 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. 
SEC. 209. REQUIREMENTS REGARDING PUBLIC HOUSING 
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. 
Any entity that receives any Federal funds made 
available pursuant to this title for construction, develop-
ment, rehabilitation, or repair of public housing shall 
verify that all workers employed by such entity and en-
gaged in such activities— 
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(1) have an immigration status that allows 
them to legally be so employed; and 
(2) have a valid form of identification or docu-
mentation indicating such immigration status. 
TITLE III—DISASTER VOUCHER 
PROGRAM 
AND 
PROJECT- 
BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF DVP PROGRAM. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to provide assistance under the Dis-
aster 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 Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development to waive re-
quirements 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. 
SEC. 302. CLARIFICATION OF VOUCHER ALLOCATION FOR-
MULA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
In carrying out section 21033 of the Continuing Ap-
propriations 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 pub-
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lic housing agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make, for any public housing agency 
impacted by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, such ad-
justments as are appropriate to provide adequate funding 
to adjust for reduced voucher leasing rates and increased 
housing costs arising from such hurricanes. 
SEC. 303. PRESERVATION OF PROJECT-BASED HOUSING AS-
SISTANCE 
PAYMENTS 
CONTRACTS 
FOR 
DWELLING UNITS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
(a) TOLLING
OF
CONTRACT
TERM.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a project-based hous-
ing assistance payments contract for a covered assisted 
multifamily housing project shall not expire or be termi-
nated 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 hab-
itable. 
(b) OWNER
PROPOSALS
FOR
REUSE
OR
RE- 
SITING.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment 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 
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