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          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE  i~~
                 WASHINGTON, D. C.   20548


                                   FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                   Expected at 8:45 A. M.
                                   Thursday, November 8, 1979
   110836

                     STATEMENT OF
                     RONALD F. LAUVE
        ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION

                       BEFORE THE
           SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
           HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
                           ON

        LH.R. 3268, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE VETERANS
              ADMINISTRATION TO LITIGATE DEBTS


     Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, we are

pleased to be here today to discuss proposed legislation

(H.R. 5268) which would amend title 38, United States Code. &COO01b

This bill contains provisions to authorize the Veterans..-A

Administration (VA) to use its own legal counsel to pursue

civil remedies in any court of competent jurisdiction for

the collection of overpayments of educational assistance

made to eligible veterans and dependents and for the

collection of education loans which have been defaulted,

including those debts which are currently being referred

to tle Department of Justice for litigation.

     The collection of debts due the Government is of grow-

ing concern to our office and has been the subject of several

reviews by the General Accounting Office. Debts owed the



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