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 Today, Congressman Ben Cline (R-VA) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 4366), which provides funding for Defense Department military and family housing construction activities and remediation at closed military bases. This legislation also provides funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ veteran benefits programs, such as those related to disability and pension benefits, education, healthcare, and insurance and loan programs.

Rep. Ben Cline said, “This strong legislation prioritizes programs for those most important: our Veterans and our brave service members. Today’s vote makes clear that House Republicans stand with our Nation’s heroes who have sacrificed so much to defend our freedoms and protect our homeland.”

FY24 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

• Honors our commitment to Veterans by:
  • Fully funding Veterans’ health care programs; and
  • Fully funding Veterans’ benefits and VA programs, including the electronic health record modernization initiative.
• Supports a strong national security by:
  • Providing nearly $800 million above the President’s Budget Request for military construction, focusing investments in the Pacific theater, barracks, and other quality-of-life projects; and
  • Maintaining two provisions prohibiting the closure or realignment of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• Focuses the Executive Branch on its core responsibilities by:
  • Including new provisions prohibiting funds to lobby Congress, promote or advance critical race theory, and carry out divisive Executive Orders.

Read the summary of the bill here.

Watch Rep. Cline’s floor speech on the FY24 MilConVA bill here or above.

Congressman Ben Cline represents the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia. He previously was an attorney in private practice and served both as an assistant prosecutor and Member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Cline and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Botetourt County with their two children.

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