entities only in accordance with, and subject to, the 
Orleans Parish Recovery Plan, developed and adopted 
by the City of New Orleans. 
(3) CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may make amounts avail-
able 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 Author-
ity— 
(A) has the authority to purchase land for 
resale for the purpose of development in accord-
ance with the pilot program under this sub-
section; 
(B) 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 pur-
poses of the pilot program under this subsection; 
(C) has the authority and capacity to en-
sure clean title to land sold under the pilot pro-
gram and to indemnify against environmental 
and other liabilities; 
(D) will provide a first right to purchase 
any land acquired by the Redevelopment Author-
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ity to the seller who sold the land to the Redevel-
opment Authority; and 
(E) 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. 
(4) DEVELOPMENT
REQUIREMENTS.—In car-
rying out the pilot program under this subsection, the 
Redevelopment Authority shall— 
(A) sell land acquired under the pilot pro-
gram only as provided in paragraph (2); 
(B) 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 fi-
nancing for such purchases; 
(C) sell land only— 
(i) to purchasers who agree to develop 
such sites for sale to the public; or 
(ii) to purchasers pursuant to para-
graph (3)(D); and 
(D) in the case of a purchaser of land pur-
suant to paragraph (3)(D), ensure that the devel-
oper of any adjacent parcels sold by the Redevel-
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opment Authority makes an offer to the pur-
chaser to develop such land for a fee. 
(5) INAPPLICABILITY OF STAFFORD ACT LIMITA-
TIONS.—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 devel-
opment 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. 
(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—Upon the expira-
tion 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 pro-
gram carried out under this subsection to determine 
the effectiveness and limitations of, and potential im-
provements for, such program. Not later than 90 days 
after the expiration of such period, the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate regarding the results of the study. 
(d) ONGOING GAO REPORTS ON USE OF AMOUNTS.— 
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(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—During the period 
that amounts made available under subsection (a) are 
being expended under the Road Home Program of the 
Louisiana Recovery Authority, the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit reports on a 
quarterly basis to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate, and to the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development. Such reports shall describe and 
account for the use of all such amounts expended dur-
ing the applicable quarterly period and identify any 
waste, fraud, or abuse involved in the use of such 
amounts. 
(2) MONITORING.—The Comptroller General 
shall monitor the total amount made available under 
subsection (a) that has been expended by such Author-
ity and, pursuant to such monitoring— 
(A) upon determining that at least two per-
cent of such amount has been expended, shall in-
clude in the first quarterly report thereafter a 
written determination of such expenditure; and 
(B) upon determining, at any time after the 
determination under subparagraph (A), that the 
portion of such total amount expended at such 
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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. 
(3) ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO WASTE, FRAUD, 
AND ABUSE.—If at any time the Comptroller General 
submits a report under paragraph (1) that includes 
a certification under paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) the Committees referred to paragraph 
(1) shall each hold hearings within 60 days to 
identify the reasons for such waste, fraud, and 
abuse; and 
(B) the Comptroller General shall submit a 
report to such Committees and the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development within 90 
days recommending actions to be taken to pre-
vent further waste fraud and abuse in expendi-
ture of such amounts. 
SEC. 102. TREATMENT OF BENEFITS FROM OTHER PRO-
GRAMS UNDER ROAD HOME PROGRAM. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the ex-
tent that amounts made available under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development-Community 
Planning and Development—Community Development 
Fund’’ in chapter 9 of title I of division B of Public Law 
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109–148 (119 Stat. 2779), under such heading in chapter 
9 of title II of Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 472), and 
under section 101 of this title, are used by the Louisiana 
Recovery Authority 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 Public Law 109–234 (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 Pro-
gram to any person. 
SEC. 103. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION OF USE FOR 
MATCH REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any amounts made available before the date 
of the enactment of this Act for activities under the commu-
nity 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 Hurri-
cane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma in States for which the Presi-
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dent 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. 
(b) EFFICIENT
ENVIRONMENT
REVIEW.—Notwith-
standing 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 sub-
section (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 Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)), to match or sup-
plement the federal assistance provided under sections 402, 
403, 406, 407, or 502 of Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act, and the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency conducts an environ-
mental 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 require-
ments and procedures of such provision, including assump-
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tion of environmental review responsibilities and submis-
sion and approval of a request for release of funds and cer-
tification, 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 Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development that it elects 
to defer to the Director’s environmental review responsibil-
ities. If a deferral is elected under this subsection, the Direc-
tor 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. 
SEC. 104. REIMBURSEMENT OF CDBG AMOUNTS USED FOR 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
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 Emer-
gency Management Agency for disaster relief under the Rob-
ert 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 for the 
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 
assistance under title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) to metropoli-
tan 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 pur-
suant 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. 
TITLE II—PUBLIC HOUSING 
SEC. 201. SURVEY OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS. 
(a) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall provide for the conducting of a survey, 
using appropriate scientific research methods, by an inde-
pendent entity or organization, to determine, of the house-
holds 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 ad-
ministered by the Housing Authority of New Orleans, in 
Louisiana— 
(1) 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— 
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