HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION L. MENDEL RIVERS, South Carolina, Chairman PHILIP J. PHILBIN, Massachusetts BILL NICHOLS, Alabama JACK BRINKLEY, Georgia ROBERT H. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia W. C. (DAN) DANIEL, Virginia JORGE L. CÓRDOVA, Puerto Rico LESLIE C. ARENDS, Illinois CHARLES S. GUBSER, California ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont G. WILLIAM WHITEHURST, Virginia JOHN R. BLANDFORD, Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE BENEFITS* JAMES A. BYRNE, Pennsylvania, Chairman RICHARD H. ICHORD, Missouri G. ELLIOTT HAGAN, Georgia CHARLES H. WILSON, California JACK BRINKLEY, Georgia CARLETON J. KING, New York JOHN J. FORD, Professional Staff Member Representative Durward G. Hall of Missouri served on the subcommittee during its hearings but was transferred to another subcommittee prior to the completion of the subcommittee's report. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Hon. L. MENDEL RIVERS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Chairman. Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of the Supplemental Service Benefits Subcommittee on health benefit programs of the Armed Forces. The report has been reviewed and approved by the subcommittee members. I shall appreciate your early approval of the report so that it may be printed. Sincerely, JAMES A. BYRNE, Chairman, Supplemental Service Benefits Subcommittee. Approved: L. MENDEL RIVERS, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services. (III) Inconsistent Position of Department of Defense. Lack of Consideration for Professional Opinion. Position of the American Dental Association. |