To prohibit the use of funds for households that include convicted drug dealing or domestic violence offenders or members of violent gangs that occupy rebuilt public housing in New Orleans.

SA 2359. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USING FUNDS FOR CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDS.

(a) In General.--No funds made available under this Act may
be used for or provided to a household that--
(1) includes a covered offender; and
(2) resides in federally-subsidized housing in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``covered offender'' means an individual
that--
(A) has been convicted of an offense under Federal, State,
or tribal law--
(i) that has, as an element, the use or attempted use of
physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon,
committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian
of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a
child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has
cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian,
or by a person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or
guardian of the victim; or
(ii) involving manufacturing, distributing, or possessing
with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled
substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); or
(B) is a member of a criminal street gang, as defined in
section 521 of title 18, United States Code;
(2) the term ``federally-subsidized housing'' means any
housing for which housing assistance is being provided; and
(3) the term ``housing assistance'' means any assistance,
loan, loan guarantee, housing, or other housing assistance
provided under a housing-related program administered, in
whole or in part, by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
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