COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 47-377 O FEBRUARY 20 AND 21, 1985 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs Serial No. 99-3 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1985 COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi, Chairman DON EDWARDS, California BOB EDGAR, Pennsylvania SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio DAN MICA, Florida THOMAS A. DASCHLE, South Dakota WAYNE DOWDY, Mississippi MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia JOHN BRYANT, Texas JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas CHALMERS P. WYLIE, Ohio ELWOOD HILLIS, Indiana GERALD B.H. SOLOMON, New York CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey DON SUNDQUIST, Tennessee MACK FLEMING, Chief Counsel and Staff Director (II) $560 23 70 602370 Walters, Hon. Harry N., Administrator of Veterans Affairs, accompanied by Everett Alvarez, Jr., Deputy Administrator; Paul T. Bannai, Chief, Memori- al Affairs Director; and John W. Ditzler, M.D., Chief Medical Director.. MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Page Actual and real dollars expended over the last 10 years on veterans' Veterans' Administration fiscal year 1986 budget............... 136 Chairman Montgomery and Congressman Hammerschmidt to VA Admin- istrator Walters re intention of VA to proceed with planned reorganiza- tion of the Department of Veterans Benefits proposed by the President Chairman Montgomery to Hon. David A. Stockman re statement of Mr. Stockman about the health care of certain veterans. Chairman Montgomery to President Reagan re President's proposal to tax service-connected veterans' compensation..... Chairman Montgomery and Congressman Hammerschmidt to Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III, re taxation of compensation paid Average per diem costs nationwide to the VA for 1984 for providing 17 Custis, Dr. Donald L., Paralyzed Veterans of America and former Chief |