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Exhibit 254

Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, as Passed by the House and as Amended by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Exhibit 254 ยท Cost estimate

Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 3967, Honoring our PACT Act of 2021, as Passed by the House and as Amended by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

At the direction of the Senate Committee on the Budget and in keeping with section 805 of this act, CBO has classified those expenses as direct spending.

Table: total direct spending outlays $667.0 billion for 2022 to 2031, including $390.3 billion of current-law discretionary spending reclassified as direct and $113.0 billion of discretionary spending classified as direct; compensation $151.7 billion over 2022 to 2031. Scores a committee version, not the enacted text.

Source
Congressional Budget Office
Date
6 June 2022
Quoted from
Table footnote f, p. 3
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-06/hr3967_senate_version.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding DEF-5.6
Primary record The 2022 PACT Act presumes exposure to burn-pit hazards for veterans who served at listed locations and presumes service connection for listed respiratory diseases and cancers without a service record of the disease.