the William S Williams accordance the I submit following to considered by the Resolution Committee and submitted to the membership for approval.

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1 : Marine Corps League Commandant the William S Williams 1, 17 ect : Resolutions Administrative Procedures, Chapter Two, Nation Convention, Section 5 (2) Resolutions committee. One thru accordance the I submit following to considered by the Resolution Committee and submitted to the membership for approval.

2 Resolution NO 1 Support legislation to remove the prohibition concurrent receiptfor military retired pay and veteran disability compensation for all longevity retired veterans current law provides that service-connected veterans rated less than 50% who retire from the Armed Services on length of service do not receive disability from the of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) in additional to full military and these disabled veterans must therefore surrender retirement pay an amount equal to the disability compensation they and Whereas, this offset is unfair to veterans who have served faithfully in the military careers in as much as these veterans have earned a retirement pay by virtue of the long service to the nation wholly from disability due to military NOW be it resolved that the Marine Corps Park Kansas August 13, 2017, supports legislation to this offset between military longevity retirement pay and VA disability compensation for veterans rated less than 50%

3 Resolution No 2 Extend commissary and exchange privileges to service connected disability veterans and their dependents Whereas, current Department of Defense regulations authorized military, commissary and exchange privileges to a broad category of acted retired and the and survivors; and veteran while he in service to their nation have earned the privilege to use commissary and exchange and Whereas, the recent downsizing of the military jeopardize the continued profitability operation of military and exchange stores. Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine Corps League at the National Convention assembled in Overland Park Kansas 13,2017 legislation to extend and privileges to service-connected veterans and the "",,,,,,,,rlr.'"

4 RESOLUTION NO 3 Support legislation to require the Vice President and members of to receive healthcare exclusively from the Department of Veterans even through veterans healthcare is funded through an of that appropriation it is still at the discretion of Congress to provide the level of funding necessary for the veterans health care system; and Whereas, the VA is as the best healthcare ""'Cc'rQm in the United and for providing high quality and Whereas, by using the VA healthcare system, the President, the Vice President and members of Congress would be in a better position to understand the resources needs of VA to it to provide timely, quality healthcare to our nation's veterans, and Whereas, similar to the members of the military, the the Vice and most members of are to a significant amount of time away from their families and friends while in and Whereas, because of the patriotism, devotions and sacrifice of our President, Vice President and members of Congress, one is ours is the most free nation on the air, where our citizens enjoy unequal rights, privileges and prosperity; and the Vice President and members of Congress should therefore be the privilege of the VA healthcare for the medical and Whereas, if the President,vice President or members of Congress is a veteran, he or she would be classified into the proper priority group for the purpose of receipt of VA medical care; and Whereas, if the President, Vice or member of is not a veteran he or she would be as a non service connected veterans in priority group 7 or 8, depending on their income, be it the resolve of the Marine at the National Convention assemb~in Overland Kansas On August 13, 2017, supports legislation to require the President,vice President and members of Congress to enroll the VA medical care service and receive healthcare exclusively from the VA healthcare system.

5 Resolution No 4 Support legislation to remove the prohibition against concrete receipt of pay and veterans disability compensation for all longevity retired veterans retired current law provides that service-connected veterans rated less than 50% will retire from the on services on length of service do not receive disability from the Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) the in addition to the full military retirement pay; and this offset is unfair to veterans who have faithfully in the military careers inasmuch as veterans have their pay by virtue of long service to nation and wholly apart from disabilities due to military service Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine Corps League National Convention assembled in Overland Park Kansas 13, 2017 legislation to the offset between military Innr"''''fIIH retirement and VA disability compensation.

6 Resolution NO 5 Support legislation to remove the offset Stirvivor Benefits plan payments and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Whereas the Survivor plan;() payments are payments of an insurance and annuity for which the retied military member pays premiums for this coverage; and Whereas, Dependency and Indemnity Compensation ( DIC) is paid the surviving spouse of the member, retiree or veteran who dies of a serviceconnected condition; and Whereas, these two programs ( Survivor Benefits and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation) are unknown related to each other; and Whereas, under the current law the payments are by the amount of DIC and Whereas, this is unfair to approximately 55,000 who service members faithfully paid premiums in anticipation of a fair and annuity based on premiums payments and Where there should not be a statue of limitation to apply for SBP is the current six year statue limitation have severe and adverse consequences on survivors; NOW Therefore it resolved that the Marine Corps National Convention assembled Overland Park Kansas August 13, 2017, supports that the year statue of limitations should be waived if the offset between DIC and SBP is remove.

7 Resolution NO 6 Support legislation to reduce the 10 year rule for Dependency and Indemnity the compensation Whereas, section 1318, (b ), ( 1 ) Title 38, United States Code, provides Dependency and Indemnity Compensation ( DIG) benefits of survivors of certain veterans reted totally disabled for 10 years or more; and the financial status of his surviving spouse is compromised due to the care required by the total disabled veteran and providing by a surviving spouse; and Whereas, the surviving spouse, as for the \lat or"m must in many cases limit, give up or put careers on hold; and Whereas, it is inherently unfair that the surviving spouse should have the additional burden placed on him or her for 10 years or more before she can qualify for DIC when the veteran died; now Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine in Overland Park, Kansas August 13, 2017, supports to reduce this 10 year rule for DIC qualification to a more reasonable period of time.

8 Resolution No 7 Consider treatment for a presumption service-connected condition as a claim for Department of Veterans Affairs compensation Whereas, many service and members have suffered from diseases that are recognized to be presumptive; and Whereas, veterans suffering from diseases which include many types of cancer, as well as diabetes and other chronic diseases may not be aware that may be eligible for service connection, even if are being treated in a Affairs ( VA ) facility; and Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine Corps League National Convention assembled in Overland Park, Kansas August 13,2017 urges Congress to enact legislation requiring that treatment by the VA for a condition or disease recognized as presumptively service-connected would be considered to be any informal claim for service connection for compensation purposes

9 Resolution No 8 Amend the law to provide a 10 year production. For service-connected disability evaluations Section 110, title United States Code now provide for the protection of all disability """,hr,,, valuation that is been continuous in effect for 20 years or more and Whereas, permanency should be conceded for the disability compensation ratings which have been in effect for 1 0 years without change in evaluation with no further examination schedule; NOW Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine Corps League National Convention assembled in Overland Park Kansas August 13, 2017, support amemdment of section 110, title United States Code to that disability evaluation continues in effect for the same evaluation rate be protected after a period of 10 years

10 Resolution No 9 Enhance long-term service and support to service-connected disabled veterans Whereas, historically the Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) occupied a leadership position in fostering many long-term service and support ( L TSS ) as programs now routinely available in the private sector, founded by medical specialists on generics in conjunction with affiliated schools of medicine, and led the nation in biomedical research on aging, gero psychiatry; and chronic illness prevalent in the elderly population; and Whereas, today tens of thousands of service-connected veterans depend on the VA to meet the healthcare needs; and post acute and L TSS settings and Whereas, there is also a subset of service-connected veterans chronic and terminal illness needs L TS asked and will need institutional placements and; Whereas, the number of veterans seeking L TSS is increased annually, and VA estimates this trend will continue into the future; and Whereas, as the nation's veteran population ages, the VA will face an ever increasing demand for L TSS of all kinds and Whereas, in 1996 the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act, Public Law , reformed eligibility for VA health care towards a more holistic approach in providing serviceconnected disabled veterans a lifetime of care, but did not up appreciate altar veterans eligibility for VA Institute of institutional L TSS and; Whereas, in 1999, the Veteran Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, Public Law , significantly enhanced VA non institutional LTSS and required such services be provided to any veteran for a service-connected disability and to any veteran who is service-connected 50% or greater disabling, yet the VA is only required to provide institutional L TSS to any veteran for service-connected connected disability and to any veteran who is service-connected 70% or greater and ; Whereas, unresolved the L TSS policy issues within Congress, the VA leadership and the Office of Management and Budget leave the VA facilities to determine locally their own mix of institutional and non institutional approaches in providing L TSS asked, therefore relegating L TSS to a "second tier" of health care service and expectations with the VA system and; Whereas, the success of non institutional and home-based L TSS is critically dependent on the ability of the veterans caregiver, whether they; be family or friends to assist in the care; and Whereas, VA home and community-based programs are not uniformly available; in all VA healthcare facilities; and Whereas, the present state of the VA's LTSS programs is now lying in behind in this rich history as an early leading leader in caring for age aging veterans and is in danger far behind nonva health care systems ;and Whereas, the VA has not optimized it's relationship with the State Veterans Home to ensure veterans in need of institutional and alternative forms of L TSS may availed themselves of State Home facility to consider all options for there provisions; NOW Therefore, be it resolved that the Marine Corps League National Convention assembled in Overland Park Kansas August 13, 2017 supports legislation to expand the comprehensive program of L TSS for service-connected disabled veterans irrespective of the disability rating, and

11 urges VA, in conjunction with key stakeholders, including other federal agency and to develop a strategic plan to invigorate and reengineer VA operated" purchase and subsidize

12 From k of PDD Willi m S. Will member of Mel March 1,2017 To Whom it may concern Here are a few things that the leg committee could doing if we had a working legislative committee, this is not be sarcastic but that is a fact. The committee could work with congress on following items. goes in no particular order Budget Congress must fully fund VA and DOD programs and services. ach this Cong must: Authorize VA to receive reimbursements from and Medicare End budget sequestration adjust outdated budget caps Healthcare Congress and the VA must ensu that the veterans timely access to high-quality, comprehensive and veteran-centric care no additional cost to the ns Modernize the VA's scheduling system Expanding current iver benefits to veterans of all Oppose any to means disability and death compensation Consolidating VA'S community care programs a single

13 Compensation and Benefits Timely and accurate disability ratings are gateway to compensation and other To ensure veterans and dependents access to earned benefits Congress the VA must: Required for presumptive conditions a claim for disability compensation Expand nursing home eligibil all veterans Accept ical when processing disability compensation claims Support meaningful claims and appeals ng reform Expand nu home eligibility for all Military Quality of Life Congress and DOD must maintain a quality and comprehensive and retirement package that backbone for all volunteer achieve this they must: Preserve integrity of TRI Past full concurrent receipt of military retirement pay and VA disability compensation Eliminate Survivor Plan \ Dependent and Indemnity compensation offset for surviving military spouses General Issues Extend space-available air travel on military to entitled to compensation at the 1 ~O-percent disability rate Extent commissary nge to connected veterans Support ng accountability measures with due process for VA employees pport and sufficient funding to improve services for homeless

14 Improve the care and benefits for veterans exposed to military toxic and environmental hazards A national veterans treatment court advocate within VA the futu of the Virtual Electronic Record program develops beneficial functionality, ch as allowing to be flagged with injuries on active duty to speed up disabljity claims processing down the road, include duty assignments locations, and mless communication not only between all DOD networks but the Veterans Health Administration, Veterans benefits Administration, Veterans Cemetery Administration, Social Security Administration. Provide immediate relief waiting by establishing interim benefits for veterans awaiting action on claims pending more than 125 days Expand and accelerate use of the Fully Developed Claim process, which has proven to be ~ffeotive at reducing adjudication times In closing if Marine Corps League gives a new legislative committee the opportunity to do these things we will get the job done. PDD William Williams