May 2015
Last week, the Senate Military Construction/Veteran's Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee provided $621.8 million (+ $32.8 million) for the VA Medical and Prosthetics Research program. The funding matches the President's funding request and the funding provided by the House Appropriations Committee. The funding is the largest increase in VA research funding in over a decade.
In addition to providing funding for the VA research program, the Senate also included report language directing the VA research program to study respiratory illnesses of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The ATS played a lead role in securing both the funding for the VA research program and report language encouraging additional research on respiratory illnesses of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. The ATS will continue its efforts to support the VA research program.
