{"id":30402,"date":"2023-02-14T17:40:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/14\/vets-groups-push-for-another-hefty-increase-to-vas-budget-next-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:41:11","slug":"vets-groups-push-for-another-hefty-increase-to-vas-budget-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/02\/14\/vets-groups-push-for-another-hefty-increase-to-vas-budget-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets groups push for another hefty increase to VA\u2019s budget next year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans advocates are pushing for more than a 10% boost in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/12\/20\/va-to-get-300b-its-biggest-budget-ever-under-federal-spending-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs program funding<\/a> in fiscal 2024 to cover expanded health care services for elderly veterans and needed improvements to aging department buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/video\/2023\/01\/30\/vets-group-head-on-whats-next-in-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disabled American Veterans<\/a>, Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Veterans of Foreign Wars released their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentbudget.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Independent-Budget-Critical-Issues-2023_FINAL_single-pages_REVISED.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual Independent Budget<\/a> on Monday, which calls for $161 billion in discretionary spending for VA operations next fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/election-2022\/2023\/01\/03\/breaking-down-the-number-of-veterans-in-the-118th-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congress <\/a>goes along with the plan, it would mark the fourth straight year of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/07\/29\/plans-for-300-billion-va-budget-on-track-after-senators-back-big-spending-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\">budget boosts<\/a> above 10% for the department, one of the few agencies to regularly receive more money each year from lawmakers regardless of which party holds the majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2022\/12\/20\/va-to-get-300b-its-biggest-budget-ever-under-federal-spending-deal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17147488608597.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA to get $300B, its biggest budget ever, under federal spending deal<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If approved, it will be the largest annual spending plan ever for the department.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2014, the entire annual VA budget totaled roughly $154 billion. Ten years later, for fiscal 2024, the Independent Budget groups are pushing for $161 billion just in discretionary spending, before mandatory programs like disability benefits and health care coverage are factored in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fiscal 2023 budget approved by Congress late last year topped $300 billion for the first time ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers in recent years have discussed slowing or cutting VA spending in an effort to help balance the budget. But in their report, veterans groups backing the Independent Budget said that continued increases are needed \u201cto ensure those who served have timely access to the benefits and health care they earned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One particular area of concern for the groups is VA infrastructure. Last year, Congress scuttled plans for an Asset and Infrastructure Review which would have offered recommendations for closing old veterans medical centers and building new ones across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the department oversees more than 5,600 buildings, many of which were built 50 years ago or earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor more than two decades, funding for construction, repairs, and maintenance of VA\u2019s health care facilities has lagged behind even the most conservative estimates of the actual needs,\u201d the report stated. \u201cCongress and VA must work together to develop and implement a new comprehensive strategy to build, repair, and realign VA\u2019s health care infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2023\/02\/07\/biden-to-call-for-more-support-for-homeless-vets-in-state-of-the-union\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22061084289997.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Biden to call for more support for homeless vets in State of the Union<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Expanding services for veterans facing mental health and financial problems will also be key features of the upcoming presidential budget request.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also calls for increasing long-term care services for aging veterans, including more home and community-based care options. 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