§2108. Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program

(a) Authority to Make Grants.-The Secretary shall make grants to encourage the development of new assistive technologies for specially adapted housing.

(b) Application.-A person or entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application for the grant in such form and manner as the Secretary shall specify.

(c) Grant Funds.-(1) Each grant awarded under this section shall be in an amount of not more than $200,000 per fiscal year.

(2) For each fiscal year in which the Secretary makes a grant under this section, the Secretary shall make the grant by not later than April 1 of that year.

(d) Use of Funds.-The recipient of a grant under this section shall use the grant to develop assistive technologies for use in specially adapted housing.

(e) Report.-Not later than March 1 of each fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the Secretary makes a grant, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing information related to each grant awarded under this section during the preceding fiscal year, including-

(1) the name of the grant recipient;

(2) the amount of the grant; and

(3) the goal of the grant.

(f) Funding.-From amounts appropriated to the Department for readjustment benefits for each fiscal year for which the Secretary is authorized to make a grant under this section, $1,000,000 shall be available for that fiscal year for the purposes of the program under this section.

(g) Duration.-The authority to make a grant under this section shall begin on October 1, 2011, and shall terminate on September 30, 2025.

(Added Pub. L. 111–275, title II, §203(a), Oct. 13, 2010, 124 Stat. 2874 ; amended Pub. L. 114–228, title IV, §409, Sept. 29, 2016, 130 Stat. 940 ; Pub. L. 115–62, title IV, §408, Sept. 29, 2017, 131 Stat. 1164 ; Pub. L. 115–251, title I, §122, Sept. 29, 2018, 132 Stat. 3169 ; Pub. L. 116–159, div. E, title II, §5201, Oct. 1, 2020, 134 Stat. 749 ; Pub. L. 117–180, div. E, title II, §205, Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2138 ; Pub. L. 118–83, div. B, title III, §322, Sept. 26, 2024, 138 Stat. 1540 .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 118–83 substituted "September 30, 2025" for "September 30, 2024".

2022-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 117–180 substituted "September 30, 2024" for "September 30, 2022".

2020-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 116–159 substituted "September 30, 2022" for "September 30, 2020".

2018-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–251 substituted "September 30, 2020" for "September 30, 2018".

2017-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–62 substituted "September 30, 2018" for "September 30, 2017".

2016-Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114–228 substituted "September 30, 2017" for "September 30, 2016".