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# Budget

The Office of Budget supports the Department in service to Veterans by managing the strategic and policy decision making processes in the formulation, execution, analysis, justification and preparation of the Department’s budget. The office serves as the primary liaison with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congressional appropriations committees to defend and promote the Department’s program plans and budget estimates. The office also coordinates closely with program officials to ensure budget requests are technically accurate, performance-based and focused on improving the Veteran experience.

## Andrew R. McIlroy, MA, MS

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Budget

## Additional Resources

2024 President’s Budget Request for VA

Generic Annual Budget Time Frame

## President’s Budget Request – Fiscal Year 2025:

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is requesting a total of $369.3 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025, a 9.8 percent increase above FY 2024 estimated levels. The FY 2025 budget provides robust funding for the Secretary’s top priorities. This includes 134 billion in discretionary funding and resources for health care, benefits and national cemeteries. Additionally, there is $235.3 billion in mandatory funding, an increase of $41.8 billion or 21.6 percent, above 2024 for benefit programs, inclusive of Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, Housing and Insurance, and continued funding for the Toxic Exposures Fund.

### Current Budget Submission

                    - View the full Presidential 2025 Budget and announcement
                    - Secretary McDonough statement on FY 2025 budget
                    - FY 2025 Budget Rollout Briefing  (PDF, 31 pages, 1.20 MB)
                    - FY 2025 Budget in Brief  (PDF, 53 pages, 1.02 MB)

VA’s budget is detailed in five volumes:
                    - Volume I—Supplemental Information and Appendices  (PDF, 143 pages, 1.24 MB)
                    - Volume II—Medical Programs  (PDF, 642 pages, 6.12 MB)
                    - Volume III—Burial and Benefits Programs and Departmental Administration  (PDF, 434 pages, 4.45 MB)
                    - Volume IV—Construction, Long Range Capital Plan and Appendix  (PDF, 488 pages, 8.81 MB)
                    - Volume V—Information Technology Programs and Electronic Health Record Modernization  (PDF, 307 pages, 4.58 MB)

### Budget Submissions Archives

                    - FY 2024 budget submission
                    - FY 2023 budget submission
                    - FY 2022 budget submission
                    - FY 2021 budget submission
                    - FY 2020 budget submission
                    - FY 2019 budget submission
                    - FY 2018 budget submission
                    - FY 2017 budget submission
                    - FY 2016 budget submission
                    - FY 2015 budget submission
                    - FY 2014 budget submission
                    - FY 2013 budget submission
                    - FY 2012 budget submission
                    - FY 2011 budget submission
                    - FY 2010 budget submission
                    - FY 2009 budget submission
                    - FY 2008 budget submission

## Generic Annual Budget Time Frame

### Budget Formulation

**Internal Budget Review**
                    - May—The Department issues internal guidance
                    - June—Offices submit preliminary budget requests and legislative proposals
                    - July—Internal budget discussions and final agency decisions by Secretary
                    - August—Prepare the budget submission to OMB

**OMB and President’s Budget Review**
                    - September—Budget request submitted for OMB
                    - October—OMB conducts hearings and reviews the budget request
                    - November and December—OMB Passback and final decisions on appeals
                    - December and January—Preparation of the President’s budget and Congressional Justifications

**Congressional Budget Review**
                    - 1st Monday in February—Submission of budget to Congress
                    - February and March—Congressional hearings on VA’s budget request
                    - April and Beyond—Congress completes action on the budget resolution and enacts. The appropriation bills that will be signed by the President.

### Budget Execution

**First Quarter**
                    - October—Fiscal Year Begins; prepare apportionments; issue funding allocations. Submit budget and performance operating plans within 30 days after enactment.
                    - November—Submit Performance and Accountability Report of previous fiscal year.
                    - January—Submit quarterly budget status report to Congress.

**Second Quarter**
                    - April—Submit quarterly budget status report to Congress.

**Third Quarter**
                    - July—Submit quarterly budget status report to Congress.

**Fourth Quarter**
                    - October and November—Issue instructions for preparation of annual budget and performance operating plans for next fiscal year.
                    - Close out Fiscal Year.