Renames the VA's Assistant Secretary for Management as the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Budget, makes that official the Department's Chief Financial Officer, and moves the date for a pension payment limit from January 31, 2033 to December 31, 2033.

Official title: VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 25-FEB-2026

Referred 25-FEB-2026

Approved by committee 14-MAY-2026

Reported 09-OCT-2026

On the calendar 09-OCT-2026

Key points

Increases the number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries at the VA from 19 to 21.
Creates a Legislative and Congressional Budget Information Office within the VA's Office of Planning and Budget, capped at six full-time equivalent employees, to answer budget and finance requests from Congress.
Requires chief financial officers of VA administrations and Veterans Integrated Service Networks to report exclusively to the Department's Chief Financial Officer and bars creating similar budget-information positions outside that office.
Sunsets the Chief Financial Officer designation, the Office of Planning and Budget, and related positions five years after the date of enactment, and requires the VA to implement these changes within 180 days of enactment.

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Jack Bergman (R-MI) Cosponsors · 0

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congress.gov page Reported in House (09-OCT-2026) Introduced in House (25-FEB-2026)