Pub. L. 109-148, div. B, tit. I, ch. 7, sec. 703

Sec. 703. (a) Notwithstanding 38 U.S.C. 2102, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make a grant to a veteran whose home was previously adapted with the assistance of a grant under chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, in the event the adapted home which was being used and occupied by the veteran was destroyed or substantially damaged in the declared disaster areas as a result of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005, as determined by the President under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). The grant is available to acquire a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or moveable facilities made necessary by the veteran’s disability, and necessary land therefor. This authority expires on September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.(b) The amount of the grant authorized by this subsection may not exceed the lesser of—119 STAT. 2774(1) the reasonable cost, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of repairing or replacing the adapted home in excess of the available insurance coverage on the damaged or destroyed home; or(2) the maximum grant to which the veteran would have been entitled under 38 U.S.C. 2102 (a) or (b) had the veteran not obtained the prior grant.