Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 3163, Reform and Update Rural Access to Local Exams Act of 2021   [open pdf - 243KB]

This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on December 15, 2021. From the Document: "S. 3163 would make changes to VA's processes for administering medical disability examinations to veterans in rural areas. [...] For this estimate, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] assumes that outlays will follow historical spending patterns for affected programs and that S. 3163 will be enacted during the middle of fiscal year 2022."