Department Of Veterans Affairs – 2016 Budget In Brief

Outlines the 2016 and 2017 Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation requests. The 2016 request totals $70.2 billion for discretionary and $95.3 billion for mandatory funding. The 2017 AA request includes $63.3 billion in discretionary funding for Medical Care and $104.0 billion in mandatory funding as a first-time request for three benefits accounts (i.e., Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance and Indemnities . . .