IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1170 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 20, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to 
establish a grant program to encourage the development 
of new assistive technologies for specially adapted hous-
ing. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE 
TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2108. Specially adapted housing assistive tech-
nology grant program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to encourage the development of new assistive tech-
nologies for specially adapted housing. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A person 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) The amount of each grant 
awarded under this section shall be an amount of not more 
than $200,000 per year. 
‘‘(2) For each year in which the Secretary makes a 
grant under this section, the Secretary shall make the 
grant by not later than October 1 of that year. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—(1) The recipient of a grant 
under this section shall use the grant to develop assistive 
technologies for use in specially adapted housing. 
‘‘(2) If the recipient of a grant under this section is 
awarded a patent related to assistive technology developed 
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with amounts under the grant, the Secretary shall retain 
not less than a 30 percent interest in such patent. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each year, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing 
information related to each grant awarded under this sec-
tion during the preceding calendar 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 Medical Services for each fiscal year, 
$2,000,000 shall be available for each such fiscal year for 
the purposes of the program under this section. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—The authority to make a grant 
under this section shall terminate on the date that is five 
years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 21 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘2108. Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program.’’. 
(c) DEADLINE
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary shall implement the grant program under section 
2108 of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub-
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