H.R. The Senate received the bill on July 13, but it had lain dormant on the chamber's Legislative Calendar (General Orders, Calendar No. On September 29, the Senate amended the bill, renamed it as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, and passed it by Yea-Nay vote (69-30, Record Vote No. 564), making funds available through December 3, 2010. Appropriation

President Barack Obama submitted a detailed appropriations request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 on February 1, 2010. In it, he requested $18.7 billion in new budget authority for regular military construction and military family housing construction and operation, plus an additional $1.3 billion for construction in support of ongoing military contingency operations overseas, primarily in Afghanistan. 111-226 ), to the Senate on July 19, 2010, where it was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders (Calendar No. 469). Representative Chet Edwards (TX/17), chair of the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, reported an original measure, H.R. 5822 . The House passed the rule on July 28 and took up the bill, considering a total of 14 amendments. Detailed, appropriations account-level data on the appropriations bills, including enacted amounts for prior years, are displayed in Table 4 (Department of Veterans Affairs), Table 6 (Related Agencies), and Table A -1 (Military Construction and Family Housing) and Table A -2 (Overseas Contingency Operations Military Construction). Title I: Department of Defense

		Military Construction

The military construction appropriations account includes a number of appropriations subaccounts:
Military Construction accounts provide funds for new construction, construction improvements, planning and design, and host nation support of active and reserve military forces and DOD agencies. needed to support major NATO commands. The President has requested $2.4 billion as the final implementation installment. Both House and Senate committees have recommended full funding of the President's request. In the end, of the $566.2 million requested by the President for construction on Guam, the House committee recommended appropriating $393.2 million, and the Senate committee recommended $246.0 million. Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs

		Agency Overview

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers directly, or in conjunction with other federal agencies, programs that provide benefits and other services to veterans and their spouses, dependents and beneficiaries. The largest dollar increases in funding for the VA between FY2010 and FY2011 in the Administration request, the House Appropriations Committee recommendation ( H.R. 5822 ) and the Senate Appropriations Committee recommendation ( S. 3615 ) are for disability compensation and pension benefits, and readjustment benefits, where the largest component is for education benefits. 5822 , and S. 3615 for FY2011 would provide discretionary funding that is less than mandatory funding. Title III: Related Agencies

		American Battle Monuments Commission

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is responsible for the maintenance and construction of U.S. monuments and memorials commemorating the achievements in battle of U.S. armed forces since the nation's entry into World War I; the erection of monuments and markers by U.S. citizens and organizations in foreign countries; and the design, construction, and maintenance of permanent cemeteries and memorials in foreign countries. H.R. The appropriation for the AFRH facilities is from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund. CRS Report RS22561, Veterans Affairs: The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims—Judicial Review of VA Decision Making , by [author name scrubbed].
The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide. It capitalizes military family housing and the U.S. share of the NATO Security Investment Program, and finances the implementation of installation closures and realignments. It underwrites veterans benefit and health care programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, provides for the creation and maintenance of U.S. cemeteries and battlefield monuments within the United States and abroad, and supports the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Armed Forces Retirement Homes, and Arlington National Cemetery. The bill also funds construction supporting military operations overseas (known as Overseas Contingency Operations, or OCO), a function previously carried out through emergency supplemental appropriations, and advance appropriations for veterans medical services.
President Barack Obama submitted his request to Congress for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 appropriations on February 1, 2010. For the appropriations accounts included in this bill, his request totaled $191.7 billion in new budget authority, divided into four major categories: Title I (military construction and family housing) at $18.7 billion; Title II (veterans affairs) at $171.4 billion; Title III (related agencies) at $283.8 million; and Title IV (a new category of funding for construction in support of active military operations overseas) at $1.3 billion. All told, the request comprised $20.0 billion in Department of Defense (DOD), $171.4 billion in veterans affairs, and $283.8 million in other agency funding. Of the total, $76.0 billion (39.6%) would be discretionary appropriations, with the remainder considered mandatory.
Simultaneously, the President requested an emergency supplemental appropriation for FY2010 that contained $521.4 million for Army and Air Force construction in Afghanistan.
The military construction funding amounts requested by the President and recommended by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have fallen off as building for the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) round has nearly reached completion. Funding support for military family housing construction has also declined as the military departments (Army, Navy, and Air Force) continue their efforts to privatize formerly government-owned accommodations.
In the area of non-medical benefits, the largest dollar increases in funding for the VA between FY2010 and FY2011 in the Administration request, the House Appropriations Committee recommendation (H.R. 5822) and the Senate Appropriations Committee recommendation (S. 3615) are for disability compensation and pension benefits, and readjustment benefits, where the largest component is for education benefits.
The appropriations subcommittees in both chambers reported their versions of the bill (S. 3615) on July 14, 2010. The Senate introduced S. 3615 and placed it on the Legislative Calendar (Calendar No. 469) on July 19. The House introduced H.R. 5822 on July 22, took it up on July 28, and passed it with amendments. The Senate received H.R. 5822 on July 29 and placed it on the Legislative Calendar under General Orders (Calendar No. 494). On September 29, the Senate revived H.R. 3081, a bill that had lain dormant since July 13, 2009, amended it to form a Continuing Appropriations Act that expires not later than December 3, 2010, and passed the measure. The House followed suit early on September 30.