Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (TX)
Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
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Majority | Minority |
|---|---|
| Rep. John Carter (R-TX) – Chair | Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL) – Ranking Member |
| Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) | Rep. Sanford Bishop, Jr. (GA) |
| Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL) | Rep. Susie Lee (NV) |
| Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) | Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX) |
| Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS) | Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME) |
| Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) | |
| Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) | |
| Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL) |
Recent Activity
As we begin our first full committee markup for Fiscal Year 2024, I want to take a moment to remind everyone what happened with government spending the last two years and explain the challenges this Committee now has ahead of us.
During the previous congress, three trillion dollars were spent outside of the normal appropriations process.
As spending sky-rocketed, so did inflation.
There was damage done to the economy, and the work of this Committee changed significantly over those two years.
That is why earlier this year I asked subcommittee chairs to evaluate all of the funding in the pipeline.
When the President's Budget finally arrived, I directed them to review each agency's budget line-by-line.
They did excellent work identifying savings in many areas.
Good morning. I'm honored to present today the first of the FY24 appropriations bills.
The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill is special. We provide funds for our military and for service members and their families. We also provide funds for veterans' programs and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Finally, we provide funds to the agencies that honor our military and veterans, such as Arlington National Cemetery.
The bill provides almost $800 million above the budget request for military construction and family housing. With this funding, we address many unfunded requirements and provide additional funding for the services to better manage privatized housing.
WASHINGTON – Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX) released the following statement on postponing markups scheduled for the week of May 22, 2023.
"Given recent developments in the negotiations between Speaker McCarthy and the President, and in order to give the Speaker maximum flexibility as talks continue, the Committee will postpone this week's markups."
Thank you, Chairman Carter, for presenting the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill, the first appropriations bill we will consider for Fiscal Year 2024.
I appreciate the work that you have done on this bill.
With our markups this week, we will demonstrate how we are able to reduce overall spending without impacting our commitment to veterans, national defense, or homeland security.
This bill before us fully and responsibly funds veterans' health care.
It will ensure our veterans get the medical treatment they deserve.
It also rejects the Administration's proposal to shift resources to the mandatory side.
This bill covers those costs in the annual discretionary budget.
The bill also prioritizes our nation's heroes by:
I am proud to present the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill to you today.
The bill fully funds veterans' health care and matches the President's Budget Request for veterans' benefits, other veterans' programs, and the VA's activities and functions.
We kept our promise! And we did it responsibly!
We did not accept the proposed shift of more than $14 billion to the mandatory side of the budget. Instead, we utilized the Cost of War Toxic Exposure Fund as intended: to cover the incremental costs above the FY21 baseline to implement the PACT Act.
WASHINGTON - Today, House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Chairman John Carter, and Veterans' Affairs Chairman Mike Bost released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill that funds the Department of Veterans Affairs.
WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bills for the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies and Legislative Branch Subcommittees. The bills will be considered tomorrow, May 17th at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. respectively.
Members are required to post every Community Project Funding request online. Links to those public requests are included below in alphabetical order.
