PUBLIC LAW 109–148—DEC. 30, 2005
119 STAT. 2749
hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year, or a related condition, including the cost of— (1) cleaning up structures on private land; and (2) reimbursing private nonindustrial forest landowners for costs associated with downed timber removal, except that the amount of assistance provided under this paragraph shall not exceed $150 per acre. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, using funds made available under this section may provide financial and technical assistance to remove and dispose of debris and animal carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on nonFederal land in a hurricane-affected county. (d) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount provided under this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. SEC. 103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this Act to the Secretary of Agriculture may be used to reimburse accounts of the Secretary that have been used to pay costs incurred to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year if those costs could have been paid with such appropriated funds if such costs had arisen after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 104. Funds provided for hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year under the headings, ‘‘Rural Housing Insurance Fund’’ and ‘‘Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’, may be transferred between such accounts at the Secretary’s discretion. SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, with respect to the counties affected by hurricanes in the 2005 calendar year and for any individuals who resided in such counties at the time of the disaster the Secretary of Agriculture may, for a 6-month period that begins upon the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) convert rental assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a) allocated for a property that is not decent, safe, and sanitary because of the disaster into rural housing vouchers authorized under title V of the Housing Act of 1949; (2) guarantee loans under section 502(h) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)) to— (A) repair and rehabilitate single-family residences; and (B) refinance any loan made to a single-family resident used to acquire or construct the single-family residence if such residence meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 502(h)(4) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)(4)); (3) waive the application of the rural area or similar limitations under any program funded through an appropriations act and administered by the Rural Development Mission Area; (4) issue housing vouchers under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490r), except that— (A) notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a) of section 542 of such Act, the Secretary may assist low-income families and persons whose residence has
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