SEC. 2. PRIORITY IN AWARD OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED 
HOUSING GRANTS TO SERIOUSLY ILL VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR SERIOUSLY ILL VETERANS.—(1) 
In providing assistance under this section, the Secretary 
shall give priority to seriously ill veterans. 
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘seriously ill veteran’ 
shall have the meaning given such term by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SERIOUSLY ILL VETERAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall— 
(A) determine the meaning of the term 
‘‘seriously ill veteran’’ for purposes of sub-
section (d) of section 2101 of title 38, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a); and 
(B) submit to the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives the meaning of such term as so deter-
mined. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The definition of ‘‘seri-
ously ill veteran’’ as determined under paragraph (1) 
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shall apply for purposes of such subsection (d) be-
ginning on the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary submits to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives the definition of such term as so de-
termined. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2020, and 
apply with respect to assistance provided on or after that 
date. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN AMOUNTS OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. 
(a) INCREASE OF NUMBER OF GRANTS PER VET-
ERAN.—Section 2102(d)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AU-
THORIZED TO BE APPROVED.—Section 2101(a)(4) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘30 applications’’ and 
inserting ‘‘120 applications’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE 
FOR ADAPTATION TO VETERAN’S RESIDENCE.—Section 
2102(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘$12,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$19,733’’. 
(d) INCREASE IN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ASSIST-
ANCE
FOR ACQUISITION
OF HOUSING WITH SPECIAL 
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FEATURES.—Section 2102(d)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘$63,780’’ and inserting ‘‘$98,492’’. 
(e) INCREASE IN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ASSIST-
ANCE FOR ADAPTATIONS TO VETERANS’ RESIDENCES.— 
Section 2102(d)(2) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘$12,756’’ and inserting ‘‘$19,733’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICATION.—The 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on Oc-
tober 1, 2020. The amendments made by subsections (c) 
and (d) shall apply with respect to individuals who have 
not received the maximum amount of assistance under 
section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, before such 
date. 
SEC. 4. PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF SPE-
CIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR 
CERTAIN VETERANS. 
Section 2102 of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding the aggregate amounts spec-
ified in subsection (d), a covered veteran may apply for 
and receive an additional amount of assistance under sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 2101 of this title in an amount 
that does not exceed half of the amount specified in sub-
section (d). 
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‘‘(2) In this subsection, a covered veteran is a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(A) is described in section 2101(a)(2) of this 
title; 
‘‘(B) first receives assistance under this chapter 
on or after October 1, 2020; 
‘‘(C) as of the date of the veteran’s application 
for assistance under paragraph (1), most recently 
received assistance under this chapter more than ten 
years before such date; and 
‘‘(D) lives in a home that the Secretary deter-
mines does not have adaptations that are reasonably 
necessary because of the veteran’s disability.’’. 
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