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Veterans Affairs

How Veterans Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2021-22, on a Volume II appropriations basis.

Department Spending

In FY 2021-22,

$5.42B

was spent by Veterans Affairs

In FY 2021-22,

1.1%

of federal spending was by Veterans Affairs

How did Veterans Affairs spend its budget in 2021-22?

Spending by entity, FY 2021-22

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Review and Appeal Board

$5.41B

$11.1M

Veterans Affairs’s share of federal spending

Percentage of federal spending, 2014–2025

Line items

Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.

VoteDescriptionTotal availableUsedLapsed
Vote 5Grants and contributions$4,950,322,847$4,194,785,237$755,537,610
Vote 1Operating expenditures$1,334,599,644$1,169,151,251$165,448,393
Statutory amountsStatutory amounts$42,464,990$42,455,308$9,682
Vote 1Program expenditures$10,381,651$9,811,517$570,134
Statutory amountsStatutory amounts$1,292,444$1,292,444$0
5 line items · all figures in dollars

Veterans Affairs figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.