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cluding 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. 
TITLE V—FHA SINGLE FAMILY 
HOUSING 
SEC. 501. TREATMENT OF NON-CONVEYABLE PROPERTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, in the case of any property consisting of 1- 
to 4-family residence that is subject to a mortgage insured 
under title II of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1707 et seq.) and was damaged or destroyed as a result 
of Hurricane Katrina or Rita of 2005, if there was no 
failure on the part of the mortgagee or servicer to provide 
hazard insurance for the property or to provide flood in-
surance coverage for the property to the extent such cov-
erage is required under Federal law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development— 
(1) may not deny conveyance of title to the 
property to the Secretary and payment of the bene-
fits of such insurance on the basis of the condition 
of the property or any failure to repair the property; 
(2) may not reduce the amount of such insur-
ance benefits to take into consideration any costs of 
repairing the property; and 
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(3) with respect to a property that is destroyed, 
condemned, demolished, or otherwise not available 
for conveyance of title, may pay the full benefits of 
such insurance to the mortgagee notwithstanding 
that such title is not conveyed. 
(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 Re-
form Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661(a)) of such claims. 
TITLE VI—FAIR HOUSING 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 601. FAIR HOUSING INITIATIVES PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 
(42 U.S.C. 3616a), in each of fiscal years 2008 and 2009, 
such sums as may be necessary, but not less than 
$5,000,000, for areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita, of which, in each such fiscal year— 
(1) 60 percent shall be available only for private 
enforcement initiatives for qualified private enforce-
ment fair housing organizations authorized under 
subsection (b) of such section, and, of the amount 
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made available in accordance with this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall set aside an amount for multi- 
year grants to qualified fair housing enforcement or-
ganizations; 
(2) 20 percent shall be available only for activi-
ties authorized under paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (c) of such section; and 
(3) 20 percent shall be available only for edu-
cation and outreach programs authorized under sub-
section (d) of such section. 
(b) LOW FUNDING.—If the total amount appro-
priated to carry out the Fair Housing Initiatives Program 
for either fiscal year 2008 or 2009 is less than 
$50,000,000, not less than 5 percent of such total amount 
appropriated for such fiscal year shall be available for the 
areas described in subsection (a) for the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of such subsection. 
(c) 
AVAILABILITY.—Any 
amounts 
appropriated 
under this section shall remain available until expended. 
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TITLE 
VII—IMPROVED 
DIS-
TRIBUTION 
OF 
FEDERAL 
HURRICANE HOUSING FUNDS 
FOR HURRICANE RELIEF 
SEC. 701. GAO STUDY OF IMPROVED DISTRIBUTION OF 
FEDERAL HOUSING FUNDS FOR HURRICANE 
RELIEF. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to examine methods of im-
proving the distribution of Federal housing funds to assist 
States covered by this Act with recovery from hurricanes, 
which shall include identifying and analyzing— 
(1) the Federal and State agencies used in the 
past to disburse such funds and the strengths and 
weakness of existing programs; 
(2) the means by and extent to which critical 
information relating to hurricane recovery, such as 
property valuations, is shared among various State 
and Federal agencies; 
(3) program requirements that create impedi-
ments to the distribution of such funds that can be 
eliminated or streamlined; 
(4) housing laws and regulations that have 
caused programs to be developed in a manner that 
complies with statutory requirements but fails to 
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meet the housing objectives or needs of the States 
or the Federal Government; 
(5) laws relating to privacy and impediments 
raised by housing laws to the sharing, between the 
Federal Government and State governments, and 
private industry, of critical information relating to 
hurricane recovery; 
(6) methods of streamlining applications for 
and underwriting of Federal housing grant or loan 
programs; and 
(7) how to establish more equitable Federal 
housing laws regarding duplication of benefits. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Congress a report describing the results of 
the study and any recommendations regarding the issues 
analyzed under the study. 
TITLE 
VIII—COMMENDING 
AMERICANS FOR THEIR RE-
BUILDING EFFORTS 
SEC. 801. COMMENDING AMERICANS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) over 500,000 individuals in the United 
States have volunteered their time in helping rebuild 
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