Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This emergency supplemental appropriation provides nearly .9 billion to the Veterans Benefits Administration to cover a funding shortfall in fiscal year 2024. The money ensures veterans continue receiving their disability compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits without interruption.
Who Benefits and How
- Veterans receiving disability compensation get continued monthly payments (about .29 billion of the appropriation).
- Veterans receiving pensions and readjustment benefits get continued monthly payments (about million).
- Dependents and survivors of veterans continue receiving benefits without interruption.
Who Bears the Burden and How
- Federal taxpayers fund the emergency supplemental appropriation.
- VA leadership must submit a report on potential cost savings in VA Central Office within 30 days.
- Office of Management and Budget must submit a revised FY2025 VA budget within 30 days.
- GAO must initiate a review of the funding shortfall's causes and potential remedies within 30 days.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates ,285,513,000 for Veterans Compensation and Pensions
- Appropriates ,969,000 for Readjustment Benefits
- Requires GAO review of why the funding shortfall occurred and how to prevent future shortfalls
- Requires OMB to submit revised FY2025 VA budget submission
- Requires VA to identify potential cost savings in central office operations
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Provides emergency supplemental appropriations of approximately .88 billion to the Veterans Benefits Administration to cover a funding shortfall in fiscal year 2024 for compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits.
Policy Domains
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "gao"
- → Government Accountability Office
- "omb_director"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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