“The Veterans Affairs Department is on track to receive its biggest budget yet, but the agency still doesn’t have a firm, long-term funding path for its new community care program.”
“A joint congressional conference committee approved $86.5 billion in discretionary funding for VA in 2019, a new high for the department. It’s part of lawmakers’ agreement on a “minibus” of bills, which…”
“Congress also agreed to give VA $1.75 billion in discretionary funding to cover community care costs under the VA MISSION Act, which Congress passed earlier this summer. That total is $500 million above what the department originally requested, due to “unanticipated costs in VA’s traditional community care programs,” the conference report on the appropriations bill reads.”
“Though Congress has designated funding for the MISSION Act in 2019, it still hasn’t struck agreement over how to fund the…” Read the full article here.
Source: Congress agrees on biggest VA budget yet, but leaves long-term MISSION Act funding unclear – By Nicole Ogrysko, September 11, 2018. Federal News Radio.
