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October 1, 2007, that provide for the rehabilitation of the 
project and the resumption of use of the assistance under 
the contract for the project, or, alternatively, for the trans-
fer, pursuant to subsection (c), of the contract or, in the 
case of a project with an interest reduction payments con-
tract, of the remaining budget authority under the con-
tact, to another multifamily housing project. 
(c) TRANSFER OF CONTRACT.—In the case of any 
covered assisted multifamily housing project, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall— 
(1) in the case of a project with a project-based 
rental assistance payments contract described in 
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(2), 
transfer the contract to another appropriate and 
habitable existing project or a project to be con-
structed (having the same or a different owner); and 
(2) in the case of a project with an interest re-
duction payments contract pursuant to section 236 
of the National Housing Act, use the remaining 
budget authority under the contract for interest re-
duction payments to reduce financing costs with re-
spect to dwelling units in other habitable projects 
not currently so assisted, and such dwelling units 
shall be subject to the low-income affordability re-
strictions applicable to projects for which such pay-
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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 (as such term 
is defined in section 303(d) of this Act) 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 28, 2005, were located in areas 
affected by Hurricane Katrina and were considered 
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for purposes of allocating operating and capital as-
sistance under section 9 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (whether occupied or unoccupied), 
that will not be put back into use for occupancy; 
plus 
(3) the number of public housing dwelling units 
that, as of September 24, 2005, were located in 
areas affected by Hurricane Rita and were consid-
ered for purposes of allocating operating and capital 
assistance under section 9 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (whether occupied or unoccu-
pied), that will not be put back into use for occu-
pancy; minus 
(4) 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. 
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SEC. 305. VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUS-
ING. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to provide 4,500 vouchers for project- 
based rental assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) for use in areas impacted by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita for supportive housing dwelling units for 
elderly families, persons with disabilities, or homeless per-
sons. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall make available to the State of Louisiana or its des-
ignee or designees, upon request, 3,000 of such vouchers. 
Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to vouchers 
made available under this section. 
SEC. 306. TRANSFER OF DVP VOUCHERS TO VOUCHER PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) TRANSFER TO SECTION 8 VOUCHER PROGRAM.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated, for tenant-based 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), such sums as may 
be necessary to provide vouchers for such assistance for 
each household that, as of the termination date of the Dis-
aster Voucher Program referred to in section 301 of this 
Act, is assisted under such program, for the period that 
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such household is eligible for such voucher assistance. 
Such voucher assistance shall be administered by the pub-
lic housing agency having jurisdiction of the area in which 
such assisted family resides as of such termination date. 
(b) TEMPORARY VOUCHERS.—If at any time a house-
hold for whom a voucher for rental housing assistance is 
provided pursuant to this section becomes ineligible for 
further such rental assistance— 
(1) the public housing agency administering 
such voucher pursuant to this section may not pro-
vide rental assistance under such voucher for any 
other household; 
(2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment shall recapture from such agency any re-
maining amounts for assistance attributable to such 
voucher and may not reobligate such amounts to any 
public housing agency; and 
(3) such voucher shall not be taken into consid-
eration for purposes of determining any future allo-
cation of amounts for such tenant-based rental as-
sistance for any public housing agency. 
SEC. 307. IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION OF DVP-ELI-
GIBLE HOUSEHOLDS NOT ASSISTED. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall make a good faith effort to identify all households 
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who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are eligi-
ble for assistance under the Disaster Voucher Program re-
ferred to in section 301 but are not assisted under such 
program. Upon identification of each such household, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) notify such household of the rights of the 
household to return a public housing or other as-
sisted dwelling unit; and 
(2) to the extent that the family is eligible at 
such time of identification, offer the household as-
sistance under the Disaster Voucher program. 
SEC. 308. GAO STUDY OF WRONGFUL OR ERRONEOUS TER-
MINATION OF FEDERAL RENTAL HOUSING 
ASSISTANCE. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of households that received Federal assist-
ance for rental housing in connection with Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita to determine if the assistance for any 
such households was wrongfully or erroneously termi-
nated. The Comptroller General shall submit a report to 
the Congress not later than June 1, 2007, setting forth 
the results of the study, which shall include an estimate 
of how many households were subject to such wrongful 
or erroneous termination and how many of those house-
holds have incomes eligible for the household to receive 
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