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 PUBLIC LAW 109–148—DEC. 30, 2005

119 STAT. 2773

RELATED AGENCY ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME For payment to the ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement Home’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, $65,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided, $45,000,000 shall be available for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided further, That of the amount provided, $20,800,000 shall be available for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, DC: Provided further, 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. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER

Veterans.

SEC. 701. The limitation of Federal contribution established under section 18236(b) of title 10 is hereby waived for projects appropriated in this chapter. SEC. 702. For any real property expressly granted to the United States since January 1, 1980 for use as or in connection with a Navy homeport subject to a reversionary interest retained by the grantor and serving as the site of or being used by a naval station subsequently closed or realigned pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 as amended, the right of the United States to any consideration or repayment for the fair market value of the real property as improved shall be released, relinquished, waived, or otherwise permanently extinguished. The Secretary shall execute such written agreements as may be needed to facilitate the reversion and transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in any real property described in this section, including the improvements thereon, for no consideration to the reversionary interest holder as soon as practicable after the naval station is closed or realigned. This agreement shall not require the reversionary interest holder to assume any environmental liabilities of the United States or relieve the United States from any responsibilities for environmental remediation that it may have incurred as a result of federal ownership or use of the real property. 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—

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