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panies with total United States wholesale sales of gasoline 
and petroleum distillates for calendar 2004 in excess of 
$500,000,000 and by any retail distributor of gasoline and 
petroleum distillates against which multiple formal com-
plaints (that identify the location of a particular retail dis-
tributor and provide contact information for the complain-
ant) of price-gouging were filed in August or September, 
2005, with a Federal or State consumer protection agency, 
(2) a comparison of, and an explanation of the reasons for 
changes in, profit levels of such companies during the 12- 
month period ending on August 31, 2005, and their profit 
levels for the month of September, 2005, including informa-
tion for particular companies on a basis that does not per-
mit the identification of any company to which the infor-
mation relates, (3) a summary of tax expenditures (as de-
fined in section 3(3) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3)) for such 
companies, (4) the effects of increased gasoline prices and 
gasoline price-gouging on economic activity in the United 
States, and (5) the overall cost of increased gasoline prices 
and gasoline price-gouging to the economy, including the 
impact on consumers’ purchasing power in both declared 
State and National disaster areas and elsewhere; Provided 
further, That, in conducting its investigation, the Commis-
sion shall treat as evidence of price-gouging any finding
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that the average price of gasoline available for sale to the 
public in September, 2005, or thereafter in a market area 
located in an area designated as a State or National dis-
aster area because of Hurricane Katrina, or in any other 
area where price-gouging complaints have been filed because 
of Hurricane Katrina with a Federal or State consumer 
protection agency, exceeded the average price of such gaso-
line in that area for the month of August, 2005, unless the 
Commission finds substantial evidence that the increase is 
substantially attributable to additional costs in connection 
with the production, transportation, delivery, and sale of 
gasoline in that area or to national or international market 
trends; Provided further, That in any areas of markets in 
which the Commission determines price increases are due 
to factors other than the additional costs, it shall also notify 
the appropriate State agency of its findings; Provided fur-
ther, That the Commission shall provide information on the 
progress of the investigation to the Senate and House Ap-
propriations Committees, the Senate Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation, and the House of Rep-
resentatives Committee on Energy and Commerce every 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall provide 
those Committees a written interim report 90 days after 
such date, and shall transmit a final report to those Com-
mittees, together with its findings and recommendations, no
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later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
Provided further, That the Commission shall transmit rec-
ommendations, based on its findings, to the Congress for 
any legislation necessary to protect consumers from gasoline 
price-gouging in both State and National disaster areas 
and elsewhere; Provided further, That chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code, does not apply to the collection of 
information for the investigation required by this section; 
Provided further, That if, during the investigation, the 
Commission obtains evidence that a person may have vio-
lated a criminal law, the Commission may transmit that 
evidence to appropriate Federal or State authorities; and 
Provided further, That nothing in this section affects any 
other authority of the Commission to disclose information. 
HURRICANE KATRINA ASSISTANCE VOUCHERS 
SEC. 526. HURRICANE KATRINA EMERGENCY ASSIST-
ANCE VOUCHERS.—(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may 
be cited as the ‘‘Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane 
Katrina Act of 2005’’. 
(b) HURRICANE KATRINA EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 
VOUCHERS.—Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(20) HURRICANE KATRINA EMERGENCY ASSIST-
ANCE VOUCHERS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane 
Katrina Act of 2005, the Secretary shall provide 
temporary rental assistance to any individual or 
family, if— 
‘‘(i) the individual or family resides, 
or resided on August 29, 2005, in any area 
that is subject to a declaration by the Presi-
dent of a major disaster or emergency under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) in connection with Hurricane 
Katrina; and 
‘‘(ii) the residence of the individual or 
family became uninhabitable or inaccessible 
as result of that major disaster or emer-
gency. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of the Helping 
to House the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Act 
of 2005, the Secretary shall issue final rules to 
establish 
the 
procedures 
applicable 
to 
the 
issuance of assistance under subparagraph (A).
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‘‘(C) NOTICE.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency and such other agencies as 
the Secretary determines appropriate, shall es-
tablish procedures for providing notice of the 
availability of assistance under this paragraph 
to individuals or families that may be eligible 
for such assistance. 
‘‘(D) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH PHA’S 
AND OTHERS.—The Secretary may contract with 
any State or local government agency or public 
housing agency, or in consultation with any 
State or local government agency, with any other 
entity, to ensure that assistance payments under 
this paragraph are provided in an efficient and 
expeditious manner. 
‘‘(E) WAIVER
OF
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In providing assistance under this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall waive the require-
ments under— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (2), relating to tenant 
contributions towards rent, except that any 
such waiver shall expire on an individual’s 
return to work;
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‘‘(ii) paragraph (4), relating to the eli-
gibility of individuals to receive assistance; 
‘‘(iii) subsection (k) and paragraph (5) 
of this subsection, relating to verification of 
income; 
‘‘(iv) paragraph (7)(A), relating to the 
requirement that leases shall be for a term 
of 1 year; 
‘‘(v) paragraph (8), relating to initial 
inspection of housing units by a public 
housing agency; and 
‘‘(vi) subsection (r)(1)(B), relating to 
restrictions on portability. 
‘‘(F) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds available for assist-
ance under this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) shall be made available by the Sec-
retary to individuals to cover the cost of— 
‘‘(I) rent; 
‘‘(II) security and utility deposits; 
‘‘(III) relocation expenses, includ-
ing expenses incurred in relocating 
back to the major disaster area when 
such relocation is permitted; and
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‘‘(IV) such additional expenses as 
the Secretary determines necessary; 
and 
‘‘(ii) shall be used by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) for payments to public hous-
ing agencies, State or local government 
agencies, or other voucher administra-
tors for vouchers used to assist individ-
uals or families affected by the major 
disaster or emergency described in this 
paragraph up to their authorized level 
of vouchers, if any such vouchers are 
not otherwise funded; and 
‘‘(II) to provide operating sub-
sidies to public housing agencies for 
public housing units provided to indi-
viduals or families affected by the 
major disaster or emergency described 
in this paragraph, if such a subsidy 
was not previously provided for those 
units. 
‘‘(G) PAYMENT
STANDARD.—For purposes 
of this paragraph, the payment standard for 
each size of dwelling unit in a market area may 
not exceed 150 percent, or higher if the Secretary
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approves of such increase, of the fair market 
rental established under subsection (c) for the 
same size dwelling unit in the same market area, 
and shall be not less than 90 percent of that fair 
market rental. 
‘‘(H) NONDISCRIMINATION.—In selecting in-
dividuals or families for tenancy, a landlord or 
owner may not exclude or penalize an individual 
or family solely because any portion of the rental 
payment of that individual or family is provided 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(I) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Assist-
ance provided under this paragraph shall— 
‘‘(i) terminate 6 months after the date 
on which such assistance was received; and 
‘‘(ii) extend for an additional 6 
months unless at that time the Secretary 
makes a determination that assistance 
under this paragraph is no longer needed. 
‘‘(21) ASSISTANCE FOR CURRENT VOUCHER RE-
CIPIENTS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
waive any of the requirements described in 
clauses (i) through (vi) of paragraph (20)(E) for
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any individual or family receiving assistance 
under this section on August 29, 2005, if— 
‘‘(i) the individual or family resides, 
or resided on August 29, 2005, in any area 
that is subject to a declaration by the Presi-
dent of a major disaster or emergency under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) in connection with Hurricane 
Katrina; and 
‘‘(ii) the residence of the individual or 
family became uninhabitable or inaccessible 
as result of that major disaster or emer-
gency. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL USES OF FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall provide, as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate, supplemental assistance to 
an individual or family receiving assistance 
under this section on August 29, 2005, and meet-
ing the requirements described in subparagraph 
(A), to assist the individual or family with the 
additional costs of relocating to new housing, in-
cluding to cover—
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‘‘(i) the additional cost of rent and 
utilities; 
‘‘(ii) security and utility deposits; 
‘‘(iii) relocation expenses, including ex-
penses incurred in relocating back to the 
major disaster area when such relocation is 
permitted; and 
‘‘(iv) such additional expenses as the 
Secretary determines necessary. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT STANDARD.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the payment standard for each 
size of dwelling unit in a market area may not 
exceed 150 percent, or higher if the Secretary ap-
proves of such increase, of the fair market rental 
established under subsection (c) for the same size 
dwelling unit in the same market area, and shall 
be not less than 90 percent of that fair market 
rental. 
‘‘(D) NONDISCRIMINATION.—A landlord or 
owner may not exclude or penalize an individual 
or family solely because that individual or fam-
ily is eligible for any waivers or benefits pro-
vided under this paragraph.
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‘‘(E) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority of the Secretary to provide assistance 
under this paragraph shall— 
‘‘(i) apply during the 6-month period 
beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane 
Katrina Act of 2005; and 
‘‘(ii) extend for an additional 6 
months after that period, unless if at that 
time the Secretary makes a determination 
that assistance under this paragraph is no 
longer needed. 
‘‘(22) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY TO DI-
RECTLY ADMINISTER VOUCHERS WHEN PHA’S ARE UN-
ABLE TO DO SO.—If the Secretary determines that a 
public housing agency is unable to implement the 
provisions of this subsection due to the effects of Hur-
ricane Katrina, the Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) directly administer any voucher pro-
gram described in paragraphs (1) through (20); 
and 
‘‘(B) perform the functions assigned to a 
public housing agency by this subsection.’’. 
(c) REPORT ON INVENTORY OF AVAILABILITY OF TEM-
PORARY HOUSING.—Not later than 10 days after the date
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of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Ad-
ministrator of the General Services Administration, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, and such other agency heads as 
the Secretary determines appropriate, shall compile and re-
port to the Secretary an inventory of Federal civilian and 
defense facilities that can be used— 
(1) to provide emergency housing; or 
(2) as locations for the construction or deploy-
ment of temporary housing units. 
(d) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated and are appropriated $3,500,000,000 to 
provide assistance under this Act. 
(2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) is designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
TRADE REMEDY LAWS 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with the principle negotiating objective of 
the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to pre-
serve the ability of the United States— 
‘‘(1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ-
ing the antidumping, countervailing duty, and safe-
guard laws;