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to support executive branch agency 

operations during the COVID–19 

pandemic. The CARES Act authorized 

the Secretary of the Treasury to make 

loans, loan guarantees, and other 

investments that do not exceed $500 

billion in the aggregate to provide 

liquidity to eligible businesses, States, 

and municipalities related to losses 

incurred as a result of coronavirus. 

Section 4003(b)(1)–(3) authorized the 

Secretary to make loans and loan 

guarantees available to passenger air 

carriers and cargo air carriers, as well as 

certain related businesses, and 

businesses critical to maintaining 

national security. Section 4112 

authorized the Secretary to provide 

payroll support totaling $32 billion to 

air carriers and certain contractors 

(PSP1). While Treasury is no longer 

accepting loan program or PSP1 

applications, both programs include 

ongoing compliance reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

On December 27, 2020, the President 

signed the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2021 or the ‘‘Appropriations Act,’’ 

which provides additional emergency 

assistance and health care response for 

individuals, families and businesses 

affected by the COVID–19 pandemic. 

Subtitle A of Title IV of Division N of 

the Appropriations Act (the PSP 

Extension Law) authorizes the Secretary 

to provide financial assistance totaling 

$16 billion to passenger air carriers and 

certain contractors (PSP2). 

On March 11, 2021, the President 

signed the American Rescue Plan Act, 

2021, which provided additional 

emergency assistance and economic 

relief in response to the COVID–19 

pandemic. Subtitle C of Title VII of the 

American Rescue Plan Act authorizes 

the Secretary to provide financial 

assistance totaling $15 billion to 

passenger air carriers and certain 

contractors that received financial 

assistance under PSP2 (PSP3). 

As part of the loan, PSP1, PSP2, and 

PSP3 agreements, applicants will need 

to maintain records for a period of five 

years or more, depending on the 

agreement type and period of 

performance, as well as submit 

compliance reports quarterly to ensure 

funding is used in accordance with the 

agreements and aid statutory reporting 

requirements. 

Form: Applications, Agreements, and 

associated Forms; Compliance 

Reporting Forms. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,300. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4.25 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,070. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: January 24, 2022. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01807 Filed 1–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Loan Guaranty: Specially Adapted 

Housing Assistive Technology Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity 

VA–SAHAT–22–07. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is publishing the 

announcement of the availability of 

funds for the Specially Adapted 

Housing Assistive Technology (SAHAT) 

Grant Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. 

The objective of the grant is to 

encourage the development of new 

assistive technologies for specially 

adapted housing (SAH). This notice is 

intended to provide applicants with the 

information necessary to apply for the 

SAHAT Grant Program. VA strongly 

recommends referring to the SAHAT 

Grant Program regulation in conjunction 

with this notice. The registration 

process described in this notice applies 

only to applicants who will register to 

submit project applications for FY 2022 

SAHAT Grant Program funds. 

DATES: Applications for the SAHAT 

Grant Program must be submitted 

through www.Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time on March 11, 

2022. Awards made for the SAHAT 

Grant Program will fund operations for 

FY 2022. The SAHAT Grant Program 

application package for funding 

opportunity VA–SAHAT–22–07 is 

available through www.Grants.gov and 

is listed as VA-Specially Adapted 

Housing Assistive Technology Grant 

Program. Applications may not be sent 

by mail, email, or facsimile. All 

application materials must be in a 

format compatible with the 

www.Grants.gov application submission 

tool. Applications must be submitted as 

a complete package. Materials arriving 

separately will not be included in the 

application package for consideration 

and may result in the application being 

rejected. Technical assistance with the 

preparation of an initial SAHAT Grant 

Program application is available by 

contacting the program official listed 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Latona, Chief, Specially Adapted 

Housing, Loan Guaranty Service, 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, 202–461–9201 or Jason.Latona@

va.gov. This is not a toll-free telephone 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is divided into eight sections. 

Section I provides a summary of and 

background information on the SAHAT 

Grant Program as well as the statutory 

authority, desired outcomes, funding 

priorities, definitions and delegation of 

authority. Section II covers award 

information, including funding 

availability and the anticipated start 

date of the SAHAT Grant Program. 

Section III provides detailed 

information on eligibility and the 

threshold criteria for submitting an 

application. Section IV provides 

detailed application and submission 

information, including how to request 

an application, application content and 

submission dates and times. Section V 

describes the review process, scoring 

criteria and selection process. Section 

VI provides award administration 

information such as award notices and 

reporting requirements. Section VII lists 

agency contact information. Section VIII 

provides additional information related 

to the SAHAT Grant Program. This 

notice includes citations from 38 CFR 

part 36, and VA Financial Policy, 

Volume X Grants Management, which 

applicants and stakeholders are 

expected to read to increase their 

knowledge and understanding of the 

SAHAT Grant Program. 

I. Program Description 

A. Summary 

Pursuant to the Veterans’ Benefits Act 

of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–275, § 203), the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, through 

the Loan Guaranty Service (LGY) of the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), is authorized to provide grants of 

financial assistance to develop new 

assistive technology. The objective of 

the SAHAT Grant Program is to 

encourage the development of new 

assistive technologies for adapted 

housing. 

B. Background 

LGY currently administers the SAH 

Grant Program. Through this program, 

LGY provides funds to eligible Veterans 

and Service members with certain 


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service-connected disabilities to help 

purchase or construct an adapted home, 

or modify an existing home, to allow 

them to live more independently. Please 

see 38 U.S.C. 2101(a)(2)(B) and (C) and 

38 U.S.C. 2101(b)(2) for a list of 

qualifying service-connected 

disabilities. Currently, most SAH 

adaptations involve structural 

modifications such as ramps; wider 

hallways and doorways; roll-in showers; 

and other accessible bathroom features, 

etc. For more detailed information about 

the SAH Grant Program, please visit 

http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ 

adaptedhousing.asp. 

VA acknowledges that there are many 

emerging technologies and 

improvements in building materials that 

could improve home adaptions or 

otherwise enhance a Veteran’s or 

Service member’s ability to live 

independently. Therefore, in 38 CFR 

36.4412(b)(2), VA has defined ‘‘new 

assistive technology’’ as an 

advancement that the Secretary 

determines could aid or enhance the 

ability of an eligible individual, as 

defined in 38 CFR 36.4401, to live in an 

adapted home. New assistive technology 

can include advancements in new-tomarket technologies, as well as new 

variations on existing technologies. 

Examples of the latter might include 

modifying an existing software 

application for use with a smart home 

device; upgrading an existing shower 

pan design to support wheelchairs; 

using existing modular construction 

methods to improve bathroom 

accessibility; or using existing proximity 

technology to develop an advanced 

application tailored to blind users. 

Please Note: SAHAT funding does not 

support the construction or 

modification of residential dwellings for 

accessibility. Veterans and Service 

members interested in receiving 

assistance to adapt a home are 

encouraged to review the following fact 

sheet: https://www.prosthetics.va.gov/ 

factsheet/PSAS-FactSheet-HousingAdaptation-Programs.pdf to identify 

Home Adaptation programs offered by 

VA. 

C. Statutory Authority 

Public Law 111–275, the Veterans’ 

Benefits Act of 2010, was enacted on 

October 13, 2010. Section 203 of the Act 

added 38 U.S.C. 2108 to establish the 

SAHAT Grant Program. The Act 

authorized VA to provide grants of up 

to $200,000 per fiscal year, through 

September 30, 2016, to a ‘‘person or 

entity’’ for the development of specially 

adapted housing assistive technologies. 

For the purpose of this notice, VA refers 

to such persons or entities as grantees or 

grant recipients, and the terms are 

interchangeable. 

On October 1, 2020, the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 

Extensions Act was enacted (Pub. L. 

116–159, § 5201). Section 5201 of Pub. 

L. 116–159 extended the authority for 

VA to provide grants in the manner 

listed above through September 30, 

2022 (see 38 U.S.C. 2108 and 38 CFR 

36.4412). 

D. Desired Outcomes and Funding 

Priorities 

Grantees will be expected to leverage 

grant funds to develop new assistive 

technologies for SAH. In 38 CFR 

36.4412(f)(2), VA set out the scoring 

criteria and the maximum points 

allowed for each criterion. As explained 

in the preambles to both the proposed 

and final rules, while the scoring 

framework is set out in the regulation 

text, each notice will address the 

scoring priorities for that particular 

grant cycle (79 FR 53146, 53148, 

September 8, 2014; 80 FR 55763, 55764, 

September 17, 2014). For FY 2022, the 

Secretary has identified the categories of 

innovation and unmet needs as top 

priorities. These categories are further 

described as scoring criteria 1 and 2 in 

Section V(A) of this notice. Although 

VA encourages innovation across a wide 

range of specialties, VA is, in this grant 

cycle, particularly interested in 

technologies that could help blinded 

Veterans optimize their independence 

(e.g., mobile applications, safety 

devices, etc.). VA also has particular 

interest in applications that either 

demonstrate innovative approaches in 

the design and building of adaptive 

living spaces or would lead to new 

products and techniques that expedite 

the modification of existing spaces, so 

as to reduce the impact that adaptive 

projects can have on a Veteran’s quality 

of life during the construction phase. 

VA notes that applications addressing 

these categories of special interest are 

not guaranteed selection, but they 

would, on initial review, be categorized 

as meeting the priorities for this grant 

cycle. 

Additional information regarding how 

these priorities will be scored and 

considered in the final selection is 

contained in Section V(A) of this notice. 

E. Definitions 

Definitions of terms used in the 

SAHAT Grant Program are found at 38 

CFR 36.4412(b). 

F. Delegation of Authority 

Pursuant to 38 CFR 36.4412(i), certain 

VA employees appointed to or lawfully 

fulfilling specific positions within VBA 

are delegated authority, within the 

limitations and conditions prescribed by 

law, to exercise the powers and 

functions of the Secretary with respect 

to the SAHAT Grant Program authorized 

by 38 U.S.C. 2108. 

G. Assistance Listings 

The listings include the following: 

64.051 Specially Adapted Housing 

Assistive Technology Grant Program; 

64.106 Specially Adapted Housing for 

Disabled Veterans; and 64.118 Veterans 

Housing Direct Loans for Certain 

Disabled Veterans. 

II. Federal Award Information 

A. Funding Availability 

Funding will be provided as an 

assistance agreement in the form of 

grants. The number of assistance 

agreements VA will fund as a result of 

this notice will be based on the quality 

of the technology grant applications 

received and the availability of funding. 

However, the maximum amount of 

assistance a technology grant applicant 

may receive in any fiscal year is limited 

to $200,000. 

B. Additional Funding Information 

Funding for these projects is not 

guaranteed and is subject to the 

availability of funds and the evaluation 

of technology grant applications based 

on the criteria in this announcement. In 

appropriate circumstances, VA reserves 

the right to partially fund technology 

grant applications by funding discrete 

portions or phases of proposed projects 

that relate to adapted housing. Award of 

funding through this competition is not 

a guarantee of future funding. The 

SAHAT Grant Program is administered 

annually and does not guarantee 

subsequent awards. Renewal grants to 

provide new assistive technology will 

not be considered under this 

announcement. 

C. Start Date 

As discussed in Section VI(A) of this 

notice, the SAHAT Grant Program 

Office expects to announce grant 

recipients by April 1, 2022. The 

anticipated start date for funding grants 

awarded under this announcement is 

therefore after April 1, 2022. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

As authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2108, the 

Secretary may provide a grant to a 

‘‘person or entity’’ for the development 

of specially adapted housing assistive 

technologies. 


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B. Cost Sharing or Matching 

There is no cost sharing, matching, or 

cost participation for the SAHAT Grant 

Program. 

C. Threshold Criteria 

All technology grant applicants and 

applications must meet the threshold 

criteria set forth below. Failure to meet 

any of the following threshold criteria in 

the application will result in the 

automatic disqualification for funding 

consideration. Ineligible participants 

will be notified within 30 days of the 

finding of disqualification for award 

consideration based on the following 

threshold criteria: 

1. Projects funded under this notice 

must involve new assistive technologies 

that the Secretary determines could aid 

or enhance the ability of a Veteran or 

Service member to live in an adapted 

home. 

2. Projects funded under this notice 

must not be used for the completion of 

work which was to have been 

completed under a prior grant. 

3. Applications in which the 

technology grant applicant is requesting 

assistance funds in excess of $200,000 

will not be reviewed. 

4. Applications that do not comply 

with the application and submission 

information requirements provided in 

Section IV of this notice will be rejected. 

5. Applications submitted via mail, 

email, or facsimile will not be reviewed. 

6. Applications must be received 

through www.Grants.gov, as specified in 

Section IV of this announcement, on or 

before the application deadline, as 

specified in the DATES section of this 

announcement. Applications received 

through www.Grants.gov after the 

application deadline will be considered 

late and will not be reviewed. 

7. Technology grant applicants that 

have an outstanding obligation that is in 

arrears to the Federal Government or 

have an overdue or unsatisfactory 

response to an audit will be deemed 

ineligible. 

8. Technology grant applicants in 

default by failing to meet the 

requirements for any previous Federal 

assistance will be deemed ineligible. 

9. Applications submitted by entities 

deemed ineligible will not be reviewed. 

10. Applications with project dates 

that extend past June 30, 2023, (this 

period does not include the 120-day 

closeout period) will not be reviewed. 

All technology grant recipients, 

including individuals and entities 

formed as for-profit entities, will be 

subject to the rules on Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards, as found at 2 CFR part 

200 (see 2 CFR 200.101(a)). Where the 

Secretary determines that 2 CFR part 

200 is not applicable or where the 

Secretary determines that additional 

requirements are necessary due to the 

uniqueness of a situation, the Secretary 

will apply the same standard applicable 

to exceptions under 2 CFR 200.102. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

A. Address To Request Application 

Package 

Technology grant applicants may 

download the application package from 

www.Grants.gov. Questions regarding 

the application process should be 

referred to the following program 

official: Oscar Hines (Program Manager), 

Specially Adapted Housing Program, 

Oscar.Hines@va.gov, 202–461–8316 (not 

a toll-free number). 

B. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

The SAHAT Grant Program 

application package provided at 

www.Grants.gov (Funding Opportunity 

Number: VA–SAHAT–22–07) contains 

electronic versions of the application 

forms that are required. Additional 

attachments to satisfy the required 

application information may be 

provided; however, letters of support 

included with the application will not 

be reviewed. All technology grant 

applications must consist of the 

following: 

1. Standard Forms (SF) 424, 424A and 

424B. SF–424, SF–424A and SF–424B 

require general information about the 

applicant and proposed project. The 

project budget should be described in 

SF–424A. Please do not include 

leveraged resources in SF–424A. 

2. VA Form 26–0967: Certification 

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, 

Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion. 

3. VA Form 26–0967a: Scoring 

Criteria for SAHAT Grants. 

4. Applications: In addition to the 

forms listed above, each technology 

grant application must include the 

following information: 

a. A project description, including the 

goals and objectives of the project, what 

the project is expected to achieve and 

how the project will benefit Veterans 

and Service members; 

b. An estimated schedule including 

the length of time (not to extend past 

June 30, 2023) needed to accomplish 

tasks and objectives for the project; 

c. A description of what the project 

proposes to demonstrate and how this 

new technology will aid or enhance the 

ability of Veterans and Service members 

to live in an adapted home. The 

following link has additional 

information regarding adapted homes: 

http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ 

adaptedhousing.asp; and 

d. Each technology grant applicant is 

responsible for ensuring that the 

application addresses each of the 

scoring criteria listed in Section V(A) of 

this notice. 

C. System for Award Management 

(SAM) 

Each technology grant applicant, 

unless the applicant is an individual or 

Federal awarding agency that is 

excepted from these requirements under 

2 CFR 25.110(b) or (c), or has an 

exception approved by VA under 2 CFR 

25.110(d), is required to: 

1. Be registered in SAM prior to 

submitting an application; 

2. Provide a valid SAM Unique Entity 

Identifier number in the application; 

and 

3. Continue to maintain an active 

SAM registration with current 

information at all times during which 

the technology grant applicant has an 

active Federal award or an application 

under consideration by VA. 

VA will not make an award to an 

applicant until the applicant has 

complied with all applicable SAM 

requirements. If the applicant has not 

fully complied with the requirements by 

the time VA is ready to make an award, 

VA will determine the applicant is not 

qualified to receive a Federal award and 

will use this determination as a basis for 

making the award to another applicant. 

D. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications for the SAHAT Grant 

Program must be submitted through 

www.Grants.gov to be transmitted to VA 

by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 

the application deadline, as specified in 

the DATES section of this announcement. 

Submissions received after this 

application deadline will be considered 

late and will not be reviewed or 

considered. Submissions by email, mail, 

or fax will not be accepted. 

Applications submitted through 

www.Grants.gov must be submitted by 

an individual registered with 

www.Grants.gov and authorized to sign 

applications for Federal assistance. For 

more information and to complete the 

registration process, visit 

www.Grants.gov. Technology grant 

applicants are responsible for ensuring 

that the registration process does not 

hinder timely submission of the 

application. 

It is the responsibility of grant 

applicants to ensure a complete 

application is submitted via 


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www.Grants.gov. Applicants are 

encouraged to periodically review the 

‘‘Version History Tab’’ of the funding 

opportunity announcement in 

www.Grants.gov to identify if any 

modifications have been made to the 

funding announcement and/or 

opportunity package. Upon initial 

download of the funding opportunity 

package, applicants will be asked to 

provide an email address that will allow 

www.Grants.gov to send the applicant 

an email message in the event this 

funding opportunity package is changed 

and/or republished on www.Grants.gov 

prior to the posted closing date. 

E. Confidential Business Information 

It is recommended that confidential 

business information (CBI) not be 

included in the application. However, if 

CBI is included in an application, 

applicants should clearly indicate 

which portion or portions of their 

application they are claiming as CBI. 

See 2 CFR 200.334–200.338 (addressing 

access to a non-Federal entity’s records 

pertinent to a Federal award). 

F. Intergovernmental Review 

This section is not applicable to the 

SAHAT Grant Program. 

G. Funding Restrictions 

The SAHAT Grant Program does not 

allow reimbursement of pre-award 

costs. 

V. Application Review Information 

Each eligible proposal (based on the 

Section III threshold eligibility review) 

will be evaluated according to the 

criteria established by the Secretary and 

provided below in Section A. 

A. Scoring Criteria 

The Secretary will score technology 

grant applications based on the scoring 

criteria listed below. As indicated in 

Section I of this notice, the Secretary is 

placing the greatest emphasis on criteria 

1 and 2. This emphasis does not 

establish new scoring criteria but is 

designed to assist technology grant 

applicants in understanding how scores 

will be weighted and ultimately 

considered in the final selection 

process. A technology grant application 

must receive a minimum aggregate score 

of 70 to receive further consideration for 

an award. Instructions for completion of 

the scoring criteria are listed on VA 

Form 26–0967a. This form is included 

in the application package materials on 

www.Grants.gov. The scoring criteria 

and maximum points are as follows: 

1. A description of how the new 

assistive technology is innovative, to 

include an explanation of how it 

involves advancements in new-tomarket technologies, new variations on 

existing technologies, or both (up to 50 

points); 

2. An explanation of how the new 

assistive technology will meet a 

specific, unmet need among eligible 

individuals, to include whether and 

how the new assistive technology fits 

within a category of special emphasis 

for FY 2022, as explained in Section I(D) 

of this notice (up to 50 points); 

3. An explanation of how the new 

assistive technology is specifically 

designed to promote the ability of 

eligible individuals to live more 

independently (up to 30 points); 

4. A description of the new assistive 

technology’s concept, size and scope 

(up to 30 points); 

5. An implementation plan with 

major milestones for bringing the new 

assistive technology into production 

and to the market. Such milestones 

must be meaningful and achievable 

within a specific timeframe (up to 30 

points); and 

6. An explanation of what uniquely 

positions the technology grant applicant 

in the marketplace. This can include a 

focus on characteristics such as the 

economic reliability of the technology 

grant applicant, the technology grant 

applicant’s status as a minority or 

Veteran-owned business, or other 

characteristics that the technology grant 

applicant wants to include to show how 

it will help protect the interests of, or 

further the mission of, VA and the 

program (up to 20 points). 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Eligible applications will be evaluated 

by a review panel comprising five VA 

employees. The review panel will score 

applications using the scoring criteria 

provided in Section V(A) and refer to 

the selecting official those applications 

that receive a minimum aggregate score 

of 70. In determining which 

applications to approve, the selecting 

official will take into account the review 

panel score, the priorities described in 

this Notice of Funding Opportunity, the 

governing statute, 38 U.S.C. 2108, the 

governing regulation, 38 CFR 36.4412 

and the VA Financial Policy, Volume X 

Grants Management, Chapter 4 Grants 

Application and Award Process, https:// 

www.va.gov/finance/docs/VAFinancialPolicyVolumeXChapter04.pdf. 

VA will review and consider 

applications for funding pursuant to this 

notice of funding opportunity in 

accordance with Office of Management 

and Budget’s guidance located at 2 CFR 

part 200, all applicable Federal laws, 

and relevant Executive guidance, except 

as noted. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Although subject to change, the 

SAHAT Grant Program Office expects to 

announce grant recipients by April 1, 

2022. Prior to executing any funding 

agreement, VA will contact successful 

applicants; make known the amount of 

proposed funding; and verify the 

applicant’s desire to receive the 

funding. Any communication between 

the SAHAT Grant Program Office and 

successful applicants prior to the 

issuance of an award notice is not 

authorization to begin project activities. 

Once VA verifies that the grant 

applicant is still seeking funding, VA 

will issue a signed and dated award 

notice. This will begin the performance 

period. VA expects that the performance 

period should not last longer than 12 

months. The award notice will be sent 

by U.S. mail or electronic means to the 

organization listed on the SF–424. All 

applicants will be notified by letter or 

email, sent by U.S. mail or electronic 

means to the address listed on the SF– 

424. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

This section is not applicable to the 

SAHAT Grant Program. 

C. Reporting 

VA places great emphasis on the 

responsibility and accountability of 

grantees. Grantees must agree to 

cooperate with any Federal evaluation 

of the program and provide the 

following: 

1. Quarterly Progress Reports: These 

reports will be submitted electronically 

and outline how grant funds were used, 

describe program progress and describe 

any barriers and measurable outcomes. 

The format for quarterly reporting will 

be provided to grantees upon grant 

award. 

2. Quarterly Financial Reports: These 

reports will be submitted electronically 

using the SF–425-Federal Financial 

Report. 

3. Grantee Closeout Report: This final 

report will be submitted electronically 

and will detail the assistive technology 

developed. The grantee’s Closeout 

Report must be submitted to the SAHAT 

Grant Program Office not later than 120 

days after the date the performance 

period ends. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

For additional general information 

about this announcement contact the 

following program official: Oscar Hines 

(Program Manager), Specially Adapted 


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Housing Program, Oscar.Hines@va.gov, 

202–461–8316 (not a toll-free number). 

Mailed correspondence, which should 

not include application material, should 

be sent to the following address: Loan 

Guaranty Service, VA Central Office, 

Attn: Oscar Hines (262), 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420. 

All correspondence with VA 

concerning this announcement should 

reference the funding opportunity title 

and funding opportunity number listed 

at the top of this solicitation. Once the 

announcement deadline has passed, VA 

staff may not discuss this competition 

with applicants until the application 

review process has been completed. 

VIII. Other Information 

Section 2108 authorizes VA to 

provide grants for the development of 

new assistive technologies through 

September 30, 2022. Additional 

information related to the SAHAT Grant 

Program administered by LGY is 

available at: http://www.benefits.va.gov/ 

homeloans/adaptedhousing.asp. 

The SAHAT Grant is not a Veterans’ 

benefit. As such, the decisions of the 

Secretary are final and not subject to the 

same appeal rights as decisions related 

to Veterans’ benefits. The Secretary does 

not have a duty to assist technology 

grant applicants in obtaining a grant. 

Grantees will receive payments 

electronically through the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services Payment Management System 

(PMS). All grant recipients should 

adhere to PMS user policies. 

IX. Notices of Funding Opportunity 

In accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget’s guidance 

located at 2 CFR part 200, all applicable 

Federal laws and relevant Executive 

guidance, the Federal awarding agency 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice of 

funding opportunity in accordance with 

the Guidance for Grants and Agreements 

in title 2 CFR 

Signing Authority: Denis McDonough, 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, approved 

this document on January 18, 2022, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0674] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Notice of 

Disagreement: Appeal to the Board of 

Veterans’ Appeals 

AGENCY: Board of Veterans’ Appeals, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0674.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0674’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: Public Law 115–55; 38 

U.S.C. 5104B, 5108, 5701, 5901, 7103, 

7104, 7105, 7107. 

Title: Decision Review Request: Board 

Appeal (Notice of Disagreement) and 

Appeal to the Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals, VA Form 10182 and VA Form 

9. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0674. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Appellate review of the 

denial of VA benefits may only be 

initiated by the filing of a Notice of 

Disagreement with the Board. 38 U.S.C. 

7105(a). VA Form 10182 Decision 

Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice 

of Disagreement) is required to initiate 

Board review of an appeal in the 

modernized review system as 

implemented by the Veterans Appeals 

Improvement and Modernization Act of 

2017 (AMA). The VA Form 9 Appeal to 

Board of Veterans’ Appeals may be used 

to complete a legacy appeal to the 

Board. The completed form becomes the 

‘‘substantive appeal’’ (or ‘‘formal 

appeal’’), which is required by the preAMA version of 38 U.S.C. 7105(a) and 

(d)(3) to complete an appeal to the 

Board. Additionally, the proposed 

information collections allow for 

withdrawal of services by a 

representative, requests for changes in 

hearing dates and methods under 38 

U.S.C. 7107, and motions for 

reconsideration pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 

7103(a). 

The Board is requesting to revise the 

currently approved OMB Control No. 

2900–0674 to include an updated VA 

Form 10182 Notice of Disagreement. 

Proposed revisions to the VA Form 

10182 Notice of Disagreement include: 

(1) Removal of the requirement to 

provide a social security number; (2) 

inclusion of checkboxes to indicate a 

preferred method of hearing; (3) 

inclusion of a checkbox to indicate 

whether the decision for which appeal 

is being sought was issued by the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA); 

(4) provision of a list of examples of 

common issues a claimant may disagree 

with including service connection, 

disability evaluation, or and effective 

date of award; (5) inclusion of a 

checkbox to request an extension of the 

deadline to file a Notice of 

Disagreement; (6) removal of the 

checkbox used to indicate whether the 

Notice of Disagreement has been filed in 

response to a Statement of the Case or 

Supplemental Statement of the Case 

issued under the legacy appeals process; 

(7) replacement of the checkbox for 

indicating the claimant ‘‘is homeless’’ to 

indicate whether the claimant is 

‘‘experiencing homelessness’’; (8) a 

clarified description of the window of 

time within which to submit evidence 

on the Evidence Submission docket; and 

(9) adding a subpart to Part III for issues 

the appellant wishes to include in the 

VA Form 10182 that need to be listed 

on additional sheets. Proposed revisions 

also include updated instructions for 

completing the Notice of Disagreement. 

There is a decrease in the respondent 

burden because the associated control 

number originally included the 

nonstandard legacy Notice of 

Disagreement. Consistent with the 

wind-down of legacy appeals following 

implementation of the AMA, the Board 

is not seeking renewal of the 

nonstandard legacy Notice of 

Disagreement under this control 

number. 

An agency may not conduct or 

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