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Cost Estimate
October 24, 2016
Enacting S. 2921 would affect several benefit programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including those providing education, housing, and burial benefits. On net, those changes would decrease direct spending by $3.9 billion over the 2017-2026 period.
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Cost Estimate
September 9, 2016
Enacting S. 425 would reduce benefits provided under certain education programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) while expanding eligibility under those programs for some beneficiaries. The bill also would increase the amount of the pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients. On net, those changes would decrease direct spending by $4.1 billion over the 2017-2026 period.
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Cost Estimate
October 1, 2015
S. 1203 contains provisions that would modify employment and compensation levels at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), expand training for medical staff, and require the agency to post additional material on its website. In total, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $124 million over the 2016-2020 period, subject to appropriation of the necessary amounts.
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Cost Estimate
August 5, 2015
S. 833 would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to spend no more than $402 million to replace or renovate specified facilities in California to reduce the risk that those facilities would sustain major damage from seismic activity. The bill also would authorize VA to spend $159 million to build and renovate facilities in New York. Funding for all of those projects has already been provided in appropriations legislation dating back to 2004 (and as recently as 2015).
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Cost Estimate
July 30, 2015
S. 1493 would increase the amounts paid to veterans for disability compensation and to their survivors for dependency and indemnity compensation by the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that recipients of Social Security receive. The increase would take effect on December 1, 2015.
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Cost Estimate
July 30, 2015
S. 627 would prohibit the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from paying awards and bonuses to employees who have violated certain laws or VA policies. In addition, such employees would be required to repay any awards or bonuses received during a year in which VA makes a determination of such a violation.
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Cost Estimate
July 30, 2015
S. 1082 would modify personnel processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). CBO estimates that implementing S. 1082 would have an insignificant effect on spending subject to appropriation.
Section 2 would expedite the process for VA to remove or demote employees whose performance or misconduct warrants such an action. CBO expects that the demotion or removal of those employees would have no net budgetary effect because it would result in the promotion or hiring of other employees.
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Cost Estimate
January 28, 2015
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on January 21, 2015
H.R. 203 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to have programs for mental health care and suicide prevention evaluated annually. The bill also would extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat veterans and establish pilot programs for community outreach and repayment of education loans. In total, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $24 million over the 2015-2020 period, subject to appropriation of the necessary amounts.