“To help improve the delivery of benefits for United States military veterans who are students during the pandemic, U.S. Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) on Oct. 23 sponsored legislation to transfer federal pandemic-relief funds to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA)…”
“Sen. McSally introduced S. 4852, which would make unobligated balances from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act law available to the VA, according to the bill’s text.”
“Specifically, the VA Secretary would be permitted to transfer up to $198 million to the VBA’s General Operating Expenses account, and up to $45 million to its Departmental Administration for IT systems. Amounts transferred ‘shall be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to improve the education systems of the’ VBA, according to the text.”
“The bill would help modernize the VBA’s digital benefits platform to ensure timely, accurate benefits processing and delivery for student veterans, according to Sen. McSally’s office…” Read the full article here.
Source: McSally bill modernizes VA IT systems to improve processing of veterans’ benefits – October 27, 2020, The Ripon Advance.
