ments are made under section 236 of the National 
Housing Act. 
A project to which a project-based rental assistance pay-
ments contract is transferred may have a different number 
of units or bedroom configuration than the damaged or 
destroyed project if approximately the same number of in-
dividuals are expected to occupy the subsidized units in 
the replacement project as occupied the damaged or de-
stroyed project. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) COVERED ASSISTED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING 
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘assisted multifamily housing 
project’’ means a multifamily housing project that— 
(A) as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is subject to a project-based rental assist-
ance payments contract (including pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section); and 
(B) that was damaged or destroyed by 
Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita of 2005. 
(2) PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAY-
MENTS CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘project-based rental 
assistance payments contract’’ includes— 
(A) a contract entered into pursuant to 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 
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(B) a contract for project rental assistance 
pursuant to section 202(c)(2) of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); 
(C) a contract for project rental assistance 
pursuant to section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); and 
(D) an interest reduction payments con-
tract pursuant to section 236 of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1). 
SEC. 304. TENANT REPLACEMENT VOUCHERS FOR ALL 
LOST UNITS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 such sums as may be necessary to provide tenant 
replacement vouchers under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for the number 
of households that is equal to— 
(1) the number of assisted dwelling units 
(whether occupied or unoccupied) located in covered 
assisted multifamily housing projects that are not 
approved for reuse or re-siting by the Secretary; plus 
(2) the number of public housing dwelling units 
that, as of August 25, 2005, were considered for 
purposes of allocating operating and capital assist-
ance under section 9 of the United States Housing 
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Act of 1937 (whether occupied or unoccupied), that 
will not be put back into use for occupancy; minus 
(3) the number of previously awarded enhanced 
vouchers for assisted dwelling units and tenant pro-
tection vouchers for public housing units covered 
under this section. 
Any amounts made available pursuant to this section 
shall, upon the request of a public housing agency for such 
voucher assistance, be allocated to the public housing 
agency based the number of dwelling units described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) that are located in the jurisdiction 
of the public housing agency. 
SEC. 305. VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUS-
ING. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall make available to the State of Louisiana or its des-
ignee, upon request, 3,000 vouchers for rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
for the purpose of providing project-based rental assist-
ance for supportive housing dwelling units for elderly fam-
ilies, persons with disabilities, or homeless persons. Such 
vouchers may be made available from the vouchers author-
ized under section 304, upon the concurrence of the appro-
priate public housing agency. 
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