Bill > HR8580

This bill makes appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Compensation and Pensions:** $9,820,699,000 for fiscal year 2025, plus an additional $204,481,753,000 available from October 1, 2025. These funds cover compensation, pension, and burial benefits for veterans. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Readjustment Benefits:** $2,657,656,000 for fiscal year 2025, plus an additional $17,614,235,000 available from October 1, 2025. These funds are for readjustment and rehabilitation benefits for veterans. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Medical Services:** $75,039,000,000 available from October 1, 2025, for inpatient and outpatient care, medical supplies, and healthcare employee salaries. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Medical Community Care:** $34,000,000,000 available from October 1, 2025, for healthcare provided at non-Department facilities. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration:** $4,035,000,000 for necessary operating expenses. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Information Technology Systems:** $6,231,680,000 for IT systems and support. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Construction, Major Projects:** $2,069,000,000 for constructing, altering, extending, and improving VA facilities where the estimated project cost exceeds a specified threshold. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Construction, Minor Projects:** $380,453,000 for constructing, altering, extending, and improving VA facilities where the estimated project cost is below a specified threshold. * **Military Construction:** Various amounts are appropriated for Military Construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, Army National Guard, and Air National Guard, totaling over $380 million, to be available until September 30, 2029, for projects identified on unfunded priority lists. * **American Battle Monuments Commission:** $90,020,000 for expenses related to maintaining monuments and cemeteries abroad. * **United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims:** $47,200,000 for necessary operating expenses. * **Department of Defense—Civil Cemeterial Expenses, Army:** $105,514,000 for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. * **Department of Defense—Civil Cemeterial Expenses, Army—Construction:** $42,000,000 for planning, design, and construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, specifically for the Southern Expansion project. * **Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund:** $69,520,000 for operations and maintenance of the Armed Forces Retirement Homes, with an additional $31,000,000 for major construction and renovation. The bill also includes numerous provisions that restrict or condition the use of funds, such as prohibiting funds for certain types of research, limiting the use of funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and restricting the use of funds for gender-affirming care and abortion. Many appropriations are available until expended or for multiple fiscal years, with specific dates noted.