applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after the receipt of an application. 303. Under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance , for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of making an award. 304. Under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance , for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, grants awarded to States along the Southwest Border of the United States under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) using funds provided under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance for grants under paragraph (1) in this Act, or under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—State and Local Programs in Public Law 114–4 , division F of Public Law 113–76 , or division D of Public Law 113–6 may be used by recipients or sub-recipients for costs, or reimbursement of costs, related to providing humanitarian relief to unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor where they are encountered after entering the United States, provided that such costs were incurred between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014, or during the award period of performance. 306. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2018, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 ( 42 U.S.C. 5196e ), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department