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 also include appropriations for energy and water, military construction and the legislative branch.
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