Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations FY2018

Current understanding

House-introduced FY2018 appropriations bill funding Department of Defense military construction and family housing accounts and Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and health care programs. Reported totals exceed FY2017 enacted levels, with overseas contingency military construction funding designated as not counting against discretionary spending caps. Introduced-stage measure; final enacted levels would be set in subsequent action.

Evidence log

• 2017-06-22 — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018: cross-connection with military-construction-veterans-affairs-appropriations-fy2026: Both are annual MilCon/VA appropriations vehicles; FY2018 provides a historical baseline for comparing cap treatment of overseas construction funding. (novelty: 2)

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