VA disability compensation in Texas 16th District (TX-16)
The VA disability × TX-16 join on USAspending.gov holds $827,798,865 in obligations and 12 award records. Twelve veterans-compensation awards equal about 8.5% of TX-16’s $9.74 billion district book — a thinner VA file than Georgia 1st’s 168-row pair, with a larger implied mean. The pair is Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability and Texas 16th District (TX-16) — not every federal dollar in Texas, not Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability nationwide, and not cash already paid. This cell is 8.5% of the district’s published obligation total ($9,743,851,214.38). Implied average obligation is about $68,983,238.75 ($827,798,865 ÷ 12). Correlation is not causation.
Key figures
- VA disability in Texas 16th District (TX-16): $827,798,865 across 12 USAspending awards (CFDA 64.109).
- Implied mean about $68,983,238.75 per record; district share 8.5% of $9,743,851,214.38.
- CFDA 64.109 × TX-16 is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a named-recipient list.
- Cite USAspending.gov; quote Texas 16th District and CFDA 64.109 if live tables moved.
- Texas federal spending and All spending ties are a parent and an index, not amounts to add into $827,798,865.
The district cut on VA disability
This page exists because two tables meet: catalog 64.109 and congressional district TX-16. $827,798,865 is the USAspending.gov obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability nationwide, not the full $9,743,851,214.38 district book, and not an outlay register. The packet does not split rating percentages and does not publish a veteran denominator. 12 is an action count — modifications and continuations add rows. Unique recipients are unpublished. The pair is not a veteran headcount, a rating census, or a named-beneficiary file.
$827,798,865 divided by 12 is about $68,983,238.75 per award on average. That quotient is two packet facts. It is not a typical monthly compensation or a posted per-veteran figure. 12 awards against an $827.80 million VA cell is a thin file. Do not invent a base census or named veterans. Do not treat TX-16’s 64.109 cell as a stand-in for every VA disability account in Texas. Use Texas 16th District for the district table without this program filter, CFDA 64.109 for CFDA 64.109 without the TX-16 filter, Texas federal spending for the Texas extract, and All spending ties for other pairs. Those hubs are parents, not addends to $827,798,865.
The VA disability CFDA line
USAspending titles CFDA 64.109 as Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability. Crossing that catalog with Texas 16th District (TX-16) place of performance produced $827,798,865. The national 64.109 hub does not require TX-16. The district hub does not require VA disability. Only this tie applies both filters, which is why it cites 12 awards. The packet does not split rating percentages and does not publish a veteran denominator.
Correlation is not causation: Texas 16th District (TX-16) did not generate $827,798,865 merely by existing as a geography. Population, outcome scores, and named facilities are not packet facts. The join is 64.109 × TX-16 only. It is not a veteran headcount, a rating census, or a named-beneficiary file. Do not invent contractors or award recipients. FEC contribution tables do not fund this USAspending cell; the datasets are separate.
Reading place of performance TX-16
Texas 16th District (TX-16) here is a USAspending place-of-performance field, not proof that every dollar was disbursed to residents of that district. Awards can list TX-16 while later activity occurs elsewhere. Awards tagged to other Texas districts belong on those ties even when the CFDA is also 64.109. Texas 16th District (TX-16) is a numbered congressional place-of-performance code inside Texas. Sister Texas districts remain separate joins even when they reuse CFDA 64.109. Texas 16th District (TX-16) is not Texas 27th. The hazard-mitigation pair on TX-27 uses CFDA 97.039, not 64.109.
USAspending obligation math on this pair
USAspending.gov records an obligation when the federal government commits funds on an award. $827,798,865 is that kind of sum for Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability inside TX-16 coding. Later deobligations, recoveries, or payment schedules can change what leaves the Treasury without rewriting this join into a cash register. Assistance and contract awards can share the same CFDA rollup; this packet does not split them. Net obligations can include downward adjustments. This page reports $827,798,865 as given.
Texas’s own budget is a separate ledger. Mixing it with the 12-row VA disability cell leaves USAspending.gov. Treat 12 as award records in the aggregate, not unique vendors. 12 is not a count of veterans, ratings, or claims. Do not annualize without a year field in the packet. Do not per-capita or per-recipient the dollar total; those denominators are unpublished. The implied mean ($68,983,238.75) is a concentration statistic, not a typical monthly compensation or a posted per-veteran figure.
Citing $827,798,865 without dropping a join side
Cite USAspending.gov: Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability (CFDA 64.109) obligated $827,798,865 on 12 awards coded to Texas 16th District (TX-16). Name Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability and Texas 16th District (TX-16) together. Keep the obligation word. If Texas 16th District or CFDA 64.109 has refreshed, prefer the live hub over this snapshot for current rows. The pair is not a veteran headcount, a rating census, or a named-beneficiary file. 8.5% of $9,743,851,214.38 is the district share on this packet, not a performance score. Oklahoma 4th’s 156-row VA pair is another 64.109 geography. Do not add TX-16 and OK-04 as one statewide VA book.
Row count versus dollar concentration
12 awards against an $827.80 million VA cell is a thin file. Do not invent a base census or named veterans. A large row count makes a project split tempting; the packet still does not supply one. A small row count makes a named-facility story tempting; the packet still does not name facilities or contractors. The implied mean (about $68,983,238.75) and the district share (8.5% of $9,743,851,214.38) are ratios of packet facts. Prefer Texas 16th District and CFDA 64.109 if the live tables moved.
Questions
- How much VA disability spending is coded to Texas 16th District (TX-16)?
- USAspending.gov lists $827,798,865 in Veterans Compensation For Service-Connected Disability obligations across 12 awards with place of performance in Texas 16th District (TX-16). CFDA 64.109 × TX-16 is an obligation join, not an outlay and not Texas’s complete federal ledger. The cell is 8.5% of the district’s published total ($9,743,851,214.38). Unique recipients are unpublished. Average obligation is about $68,983,238.75, a ratio of those two facts only.
- Does $827,798,865 include every VA disability project in TX-16?
- The packet publishes one CFDA rollup. The packet does not split rating percentages and does not publish a veteran denominator. $827,798,865 is the combined obligation sum for CFDA 64.109 inside TX-16 coding. This page will not invent a project pie or name contractors. Open CFDA 64.109 and Texas 16th District to inspect parent tables. 12 remains an action count, not a count of veterans, ratings, or claims.
- Is $827,798,865 cash already paid in Texas 16th District (TX-16)?
- No. Obligations are commitments recorded on USAspending.gov awards. Outlays — money that actually left the Treasury — are a different concept and are not this packet’s headline. Treating $827,798,865 as checks already cleared in Texas 16th District (TX-16) confuses those terms. Later ingests can revise 12 awards. Prefer the live district and program hubs if the tables moved.
- Why is the implied average $68,983,238.75 not a typical award?
- The average is $827,798,865 divided by 12 awards, about $68,983,238.75. Thick files pull the mean down; thin files pull it up. Neither case publishes a typical instrument. Modifications add rows. Recipients are unpublished. Use the ratio only as a concentration statistic.
USAspending.gov congressional district place-of-performance joined to CFDA program. Obligations are not outlays.