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      "date": "2011-03-15",
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      "title": "Veterans Affairs: A Preliminary Analysis of the FY2012 Appropriations Request ",
      "summary": "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a range of benefits and services to veterans who meet certain eligibility criteria. These benefits and services include hospital and medical care, disability compensation and pensions, education, vocational rehabilitation and employment services, assistance to homeless veterans, home loan guarantees, administration of life insurance as well as traumatic injury protection insurance for servicemembers, and death benefits that cover burial expenses.\nThis report provides a preliminary analysis of the President\u2019s budget request for FY2012 for the programs administered by the VA. For FY2012, the Administration is requesting approximately $132.1 billion for the VA. This amount includes approximately $62 billion in discretionary funds and approximately $70 billion in mandatory funding. \nThe FY2012 budget request for VA medical care programs is $51.3 billion, an increase of approximately $240 million over the FY2012 advance appropriations request of $50.6 billion that was included in the FY2011 budget request. The FY2013 request of advance appropriations is $52.5 billion, an increase of approximately $1.7 billion over the FY2012 budget request. The President\u2019s budget is proposing an establishment of a contingency fund of $953 million for VA medical care programs in FY2012. These contingency funds would become available for obligation if the Administration determines that additional costs would be incurred due to changes in economic conditions. \nThis report is not an exhaustive discussion of VA\u2019s budget request for FY2012. A full CRS report on FY2012 VA budget and appropriations issues is planned after initial congressional consideration of appropriations legislation.",
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