The Senate passed an emergency spending bill Thursday to provide billions of dollars in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn that benefit payments for veterans are at risk of being disrupted next month absent congressional action.

The Senate passed an emergency bill on Thursday to address a nearly $3 billion shortfall that the Department of Veterans Affairs is facing, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The bill passed by voice vote which would allocate about $2.

Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Veterans Affairs, as officials warn veterans and survivors’ benefits payments are at risk absent congressional action in the coming days.

VA needed emergency funding by Friday to avoid delays in compensation and pension benefit payments that go to 7 million veterans and their survivors.