[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1170 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1170

  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 housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2009

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Buyer) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  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 housing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 following new section:
``Sec. 2108. Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant 
              program
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall carry out a program to 
make grants to encourage the development of new assistive technologies 
for specially adapted housing.
    ``(b) Application.--A person seeking a grant under the program 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application for the 
grant in such form and manner as the Secretary shall specify for 
purposes of the program.
    ``(c) Grant Funds.--
            ``(1) Amount.--The amount of each grant awarded under the 
        program under this section shall be an amount of not more than 
        $200,000 per year.
            ``(2) Time of award.--The Secretary shall award a grant 
        under the program under this section not later than October 1 
        of each year in which the Secretary carries out the program.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A person awarded a grant under the 
        program under this section shall use amounts under the grant to 
        develop assistive technologies for use in specially adapted 
        housing.
            ``(2) Patents.--If a person awarded a grant under the 
        program under this section is awarded a patent related to 
        assistive technology developed 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 the program under this section in the 
preceding 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.''.
    (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.''.
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