1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019 . 2. Priority in award of specially adapted housing grants to seriously ill veterans (a) In general Section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 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 Secretary. . (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 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— (A) determine the meaning of the term seriously ill veteran for purposes of subsection (d) of section 2101 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)