To ensure that assistance for the redevelopment of foreclosed and abandoned homes to States or units of local government impacted by catastrophic natural disasters may be used to support the redevelopment of homes damaged or destroyed as a result of the 2005 hurricanes, the severe flooding in the Midwest in 2008, and other natural disasters.

SA 102. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Harkin)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98
proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1,
making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 251, lines 13 and 14, strike ``housing:'' and
insert the following: ``housing: Provided further, That
funding used for section 2301(c)(3)(E) of the Act shall also
be available to redevelop demolished, blighted, or vacant
properties, including those damaged or destroyed in areas
subject to a disaster declaration by the President under
title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.):''
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