Rosen, Senate Colleagues Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Allocate Billions of Dollars for Veterans’ PACT Act Benefits, Heads to President’s Desk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement following the Senate passage of the bipartisan Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, after it recently passed the House of Representatives. The legislation, which now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law, provides nearly $2.9 billion in emergency funding for disability compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits for veterans. Thanks to the Rosen-backed PACT Act, thousands of Nevada veterans and their families, and millions more across the country, are receiving the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits they have earned. As more veterans file claims and receive their long-overdue benefits, supplemental funding was necessary.

"Thanks to the bipartisan PACT Act that I helped pass, millions of veterans across our nation are getting the VA benefits and health care they need and deserve," said Senator Rosen. "As more claims are filed, we need more funding to ensure veterans continue having access to these benefits, and I'm proud that the Senate passed this bipartisan legislation to do so. I'll keep working across the aisle to deliver for the men and women who have served in uniform."

Senator Rosen has been leading bipartisan efforts to support Nevada's veterans. Earlier this year, she introduced bipartisan legislation to permanently maintain a helpline for veterans to obtain information and assistance with VA services. Senator Rosen secured funding to increase access to affordable housing for veterans, continue building Nevada's first national veterans cemetery in Elko, and increase funding for veteran's access to telehealth in the last bipartisan government funding package.

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