On May 13, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans’ Affairs, and Related Agencies approved, by voice vote, its FY2012 spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).
Sponsored by Chair John Culberson (R-TX), the bill would provide $72.535 billion in discretionary funding for programs at the Departments of Defense and Veterans’ Affairs in FY2012. That amount is $615 million below FY2011 and $1.253 billion below President Obama’s request.
According to the subcommittee’s summary and chart, the Department of Defense (DoD) would receive $14.114 billion in FY2012. That amount is $3.335 billion less than FY2011 and $652 million less than the president’s request. Family housing would receive $1.694 billion in FY2012, an amount that is $128.845 million below FY2011 and equal to the president’s request. The bill also would provide $483 million for fifteen DoD education facilities in the United States and around the world.
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs would receive $180.338 billion in discretionary and mandatory funding for FY2012, which includes an advance appropriation of $52.541 billion for the Veterans Health Administration. The FY2012 total is $8.692 billion above FY2011 and $475.737 million below the administration’s request.