Section 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, 2024.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, §52015201,, 134 Stat. 749; Pub. L. 117-180, div. E, title II, §205, Sept. 30, 2022, 136 Stat. 2138.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2022-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".