or 1605, respectively (as amended), issued by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
(d) PUBLICATION OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
is not required to publish in the Federal Register regula-
tions to carry out this section. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS FOR 
PROVISION OF SHELTER TO HOMELESS VET-
ERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
is authorized to make emergency grants to entities de-
scribed in section 1(a)(2) for the purpose of providing 
housing assistance to homeless veterans (as defined in sec-
tion 2002 of title 38, United States Code) who are Hurri-
cane Katrina-affected individuals and their families for a 
period not to exceed two years. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an emer-
gency grant under this subsection, such an entity shall 
have the capacity (as determined by the Secretary) to ef-
fectively administer such a grant. 
(c) PROVISION OF NOTICE.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide notice of the availability of emergency grants on the 
Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affair and 
use such other means of notice as the Secretary may de-
termine are appropriate.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the Senate a report specifying the number of grants 
awarded under this section and the identity of each grant 
recipient. 
(e) PUBLICATION OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
is not required to publish in the Federal Register regula-
tions to carry out this section. 
(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 
the Secretary to make grants under this section shall ter-
minate on September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 3. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FA-
CILITIES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND 
THEIR FAMILIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR USE OF UNDERUTILIZED DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PROPERTY AS TEM-
PORARY VETERAN HOUSING.—Subchapter I of chapter 81 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8119. Underutilized property: housing for veterans 
during emergency 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this title or of any other law, during or following
a period of emergency or disaster declared by the Presi-
dent pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
the Secretary may use underutilized Department property 
that is habitable or that can be rendered habitable with 
limited resources, as determined by the Secretary, to 
house, for a period not to exceed 180 days, veterans and 
their dependents who are displaced as a result of such 
emergency or disaster. 
‘‘(b) UNDERUTILIZED DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘underutilized De-
partment property’ means an asset of the Department 
that is so identified by the Capital Asset Realignment for 
Enhanced Services or otherwise identified by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 8118 the following new item: 
‘‘8119. Underutilized property: housing for veterans during emergency.’’. 
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR REPLACEMENT OR RE-
PAIR OF HOMELESS VETERAN FACILITIES. 
(a) EMERGENCY GRANT AUTHORITY.—Subchapter II 
of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: