Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2010 Appropriations

Abstract

The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide. It capitalizes military family housing and the U.S. share of the NATO Security Investment Program, and finances the implementation of installation closures and realignments. It underwrites veterans benefit and health care programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides for the creation and maintenance of U.S. cemeteries and battlefield monuments within the United States and abroad, and supports the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and Armed Forces Retirement Homes. The bill also funds construction supporting Overseas Military Operations, a function previously carried out through emergency supplemental appropriations, and advance appropriations for veterans medical services. Rather than submit a complete appropriations request for FY2010 only five weeks after taking office, President Barack Obama published a budget overview, A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America?s Promise, on February 26, 2009. The President submitted his regular FY2010 appropriations request to Congress on May 7, 2009, including $133.5 billion for programs covered in the regular Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill: $24.4 billion for Title I (military construction and family housing); $108.9 billion for Title II (veterans affairs); and $275.7 million for Title III (related agencies). Compared with funding appropriated for FY2009, this represented decreases for Title I of $3.7 billion (13.4%), and increases for Title II of $12.9 billion (13.5%) and for Title III of $69.0 million (33.3%). The overall increase in appropriations between that requested for FY2010 and enacted for FY2009 is $9.2 billion (7.4%).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 2009
Accession Number
ADA504449

Entities

People

  • Christine Scott
  • Daniel H. Else
  • Sidath V. Panangala

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Base Closures
  • Congress
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Landing Fields
  • Law
  • Military Families
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense