There is appropriated to the department of veterans affairs for the following programs:
(1) VETERANS HOMES.
(a) Aids to indigent veterans. The amounts in the schedule for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to enable the veterans to reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove.
(e) Lease rental payments. A sum sufficient to pay the rentals required to be made on facilities under leases entered into under s. 45.03 (5).
(f) Principal repayment and interest. A sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1)
(u) for the payment of principal and interest costs incurred in financing the acquisition, construction, development, enlargement, or improvement of facilities provided under s. 20.866 (2)
(x) and (z) and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).
(g) Home exchange. All moneys received from the sale of products authorized by s. 45.51 (7), for the purchase of the necessary materials, supplies, and equipment for the operation of the home exchange, and compensation for members’ labor.
(gd) Veterans home cemetery operations. All moneys received from the estate of the decedents under s. 45.61 (5) for the burial of veterans and non-veterans in a Wisconsin veterans cemetery under s. 45.61 (1), to be used for that purpose.
(gf) Veterans home member care. All moneys received under s. 341.14 (6r)
(b) 15. for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50.
(gk) Institutional operations. The amounts in the schedule for the care of the members of the Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50, for the payment of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation account under s. 20.435 (4)
(ky) for payment of the state share of the medical assistance costs related to the provision of stipends under s. 45.50 (2m) (f), for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43 to allow them to reside at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove, for the transfer of moneys to the appropriation accounts under pars.
(kc) and (kj), for the transfer of moneys in an amount up to $10,000,000 to the appropriation account under par. (ks), and for the payment of grants under s. 45.82. Not more than 1 percent of the moneys credited to this appropriation account may be used for the payment of assistance to indigent veterans under s. 45.43. All moneys received under par.
(m) and s. 45.51 (7)
(b) and (8) and all moneys received for the care of members under medical assistance, as defined in s. 49.43 (8), shall be credited to this appropriation account. All moneys transferred under 2025 Wisconsin Act 15, section 9248 (1) and (2), shall be credited to this appropriation account. Except for the moneys transferred under this paragraph to the appropriation account under par. (kc), no moneys may be expended from this appropriation for the purposes specified in par. (kc).
(go) Self-amortizing facilities; principal repayment and interest. From the moneys received for providing housing services at Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50 and the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, a sum sufficient to reimburse s. 20.866 (1)
(u) for the principal and interest costs incurred in acquiring, constructing, developing, enlarging or improving facilities at Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50 and the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, to make the payments determined by the building commission under s. 13.488 (1)
(m) that are attributable to the proceeds of obligations incurred in financing such facilities, and to make payments under an agreement or ancillary arrangement entered into under s. 18.06 (8) (a).
(h) Gifts and bequests. All moneys received under s. 45.51 (10) and (11), or any moneys received by gifts or bequests, to carry out the purposes of ss. 45.50 and 45.51.
(i) State-owned housing maintenance. All moneys received by the department from rentals of state-owned housing at Wisconsin veterans homes for maintenance of state-owned housing at Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50.
(kc) Electric energy derived from renewable resources. The amounts in the schedule for the premium cost incurred for the generation or purchase of electric energy derived from renewable resources under s. 16.75 (12). All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par.
(gk) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(kj) Grants for fire and emergency medical services. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the payment of grants to fire districts, cities, villages, and towns for fire and emergency medical services under s. 45.58. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par.
(gk) shall be credited to this appropriation account.
(ks) Emergency mitigation. All moneys transferred from the appropriation account under par.
(gk) to pay costs that are incurred by the state veterans homes in response to or in preparation for an emergency as provided under s. 45.50 (12).
(m) Federal aid; care at veterans homes. All moneys received from the federal government for care of veterans of any war or military expedition of the United States who have been admitted to and cared for at Wisconsin veterans homes under s. 45.50. The net revenues accruing under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation under par. (gk).
(mn) Federal projects. All moneys received from the federal government for specific veterans programs other than for the care of veterans at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities, for such purposes.
(t) Veterans homes member accounts. From the Wisconsin veterans homes members fund, all moneys received under s. 25.37 to make payments as provided under s. 45.51 (8), (10), and (11).
(2) LOANS AND AIDS TO VETERANS. From the veterans trust fund or from other funds if so indicated:
(a) Veterans Community Project. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for the department of veterans affairs in fiscal year 2025-26 to grant to the Veterans Community Project.