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R49347 Overview of the Department of Veterans Affairs FY2027 Appropriations 2026-09-14T04:00:00Z 2026-09-16T08:54:32Z Active Reports Sidath Viranga Panangala Veterans Budget & Appropriations The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers numerous programs that provide benefits and services to eligible veterans and their families. These benefits include medical care, disability compensation, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC), pensions, education, vocational rehabilitation and employment services, assistance to homeless veterans, home loan guarantees, and administration of life insurance, as well as traumatic injury protection insurance for servicemembers and benefits that cover burial expenses. On April 3, 2026, President Trump released his FY2027 budget request for VA. The President’s FY2027 request for VA is $481.88 billion, a $36.4 billion (+8.17%) increase above the FY2026 enacted level. This includes a discretionary budget request of $144.72 billion, an $11.53 billion (+8.66%) increase above the FY2026 enacted amount, and a mandatory budget request of $337.16 billion, a $24.86 billion (+7.96%) increase over the FY2026 enacted level. The President’s budget also proposes to restructure the four medical care accounts (medical services, medical community care, medical support and compliance, and medical facilities) into two new account categories, beginning with the FY2028 budget cycle, known as the “direct care” and “community care” accounts. On April 17, 2026, the House Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee marked up a draft version of the FY2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MILCON-VA) appropriations bill. On April 21, the full House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2027 MILCON-VA appropriations bill and reported it to the House (H.R. 8469; H.Rept. 119-622). On May 15, the House passed its version of the FY2027 MILCON-VA appropriations bill. The House-passed bill would provide $474.40 billion for VA for FY2027, a $7.48 billion (-1.55%) decrease compared with the President’s request. This includes $336.97 billion in mandatory funding, a $197 million (-0.06%) decrease from the FY2027 request, and $137.43 billion in discretionary funding, a $7.28 billion (-5.03%) decrease from the Administration’s requested amount. The House-passed measure did not include the Administration’s proposal to restructure the four medical care accounts into two new account categories. Because no regular appropriations bills for FY2027 had been enacted, Congress passed and on September 2, 2026, the President signed into law the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (H.R. 6500; P.L. 119-103). Division A of the act—the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027—provides continuing appropriations for VA to continue operations through December 11, 2026, at a rate for operations based largely on the funding amounts, authorities, and conditions provided for in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (Division D of P.L. 119-37). Division D of this act includes provisions extending several expiring VA statutory authorities through December 11, 2026. https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R49347/R49347.1.pdf https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/HTML/R49347.html

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