As passed by the Senate on October 9, 2025

CBO explains how it estimated that VA benefits would cost about $90,000 annually per active-duty service member if accrual accounting methods were used to fund future disability and health benefits that many veterans will receive.

In the President's 2026 budget request, total military compensation is $718 billion. Of that total, $277 billion is for the Department of Defense, and $441 billion is for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 14, 2026

Presentation by Berna Demiralp, Tamara Hayford, and Julie Topoleski at a conference about the forces shaping America's fiscal future hosted by the University of Utah and the Brookings Institution.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026

CBO describes how it estimated the effects on the labor supply of provisions in the 2025 reconciliation act related to individual income taxes and the Medicaid program.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 13, 2026