; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Reports required Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the HOME Act of 2023, and not less frequently than twice each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the rate for per diem payments under this section that includes, for each Veterans Integrated Service Network of the Department, the following data: (1) The average rate for such a payment. (2) A list of locations where the rate for such a payment is within 10 percent of the maximum rate for such a payment authorized under this section. (3) The average length of stay by a veteran participating in a program described in section 2012(a) of this title. . (b) Regulatory authority The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may prescribe interim guidance to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a). (c) Strategic plan (1) In general Not later than the end of fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a strategic plan for the provision of grants and per diem payments for services furnished to homeless veterans under sections 2011 and 2012 of title 38, United States Code. (2) Elements The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A method for administering grant funding equitably without using the rate authorized for State homes for domiciliary care under subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, as the Secretary may increase from time to time under subsection (c) of that section, that takes into account— (i) the wide variety of services furnished by grant recipients and eligible entities under sections 2011 and 2012 of title 38, United States Code; (ii) varying costs of living across different geographic locations