I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1227 
To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected 
by Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2007 
Ms. WATERS (for herself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income 
families affected by Hurricane Katrina. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Gulf Coast Hurricane 
Housing Recovery Act of 2007’’. 
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TITLE I—COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS 
SEC. 101. FLEXIBILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ROAD 
HOME PROGRAM. 
(a) FLEXIBILITY OF FUNDS.—Subject to subsection 
(b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
amounts previously made available to the Louisiana Re-
covery Authority under the Hazard Mitigation Grants pro-
gram of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
$1,200,000,000 of such unexpended amounts shall be con-
sidered to have been made available to such Authority 
under the terms of the heading relating to ‘‘Department 
of Housing and Urban Development—Community Plan-
ning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ 
in chapter 9 of title II of Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 
472) and approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development for use under the Road Home Pro-
gram of such Authority. 
(b) MONTHLY REPORTS ON PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Louisiana Recovery Au-
thority shall submit reports under this subsection re-
garding the Road Home Program to the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. Each report under this 
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subsection shall describe and analyze the implemen-
tation, status, and effectiveness of the Road Home 
Program and shall include the following information, 
for the applicable reporting period and for the entire 
period of the program: 
(A) The number of applications submitted 
for assistance under the program. 
(B) The number of households for which 
assistance has been provided under the pro-
gram. 
(C) The average amount of assistance pro-
vided for each household under the program 
and the total amount of assistance provided 
under the program. 
(D) The number of personnel involved in 
executing all aspects of the program. 
(E) Actions taken to improve the program 
and recommendations for further such improve-
ments. 
(2) REPORTING
PERIODS.—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 and re-
ports shall be submitted not later than the expira-
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tion of each successive 30-day period thereafter dur-
ing the term of the program. 
SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION OF USE FOR 
MATCH REQUIREMENT. 
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 re-
covery, and restoration of infrastructure in the areas im-
pacted or distressed by the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina, Rita, or Wilma in States for which the President 
declared a major disaster may be used by a State or local-
ity as a matching requirement, share, or contribution for 
any other Federal program. 
SEC. 103. 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 
Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act relating to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina, Rita, or Wilma that remain unobligated, such 
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sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development 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 avail-
able 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. 
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, 
by an independent entity or organization, to determine, 
of the households who as of August 25, 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 Au-
thority of New Orleans, in Louisiana— 
(1) which and how many such households in-
tend to return to residence in such public housing or 
a comparable unit, when presented with the options 
of— 
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