The Operations and Financial Needs of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

Gao ID: HRD-77-123 August 1, 1977

The expenses of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home have been exceeding its income, and its operations have been financed, in part, with moneys taken from the principal of its permanent fund. In October 1976, the Congress enacted legislation to provide the Home additional income.

Over the last several years, the Home has taken actions to help solve its growing financial problems. These actions did not, however, reverse the Home's financial trend. The legislation passed in 1976 can be expected to enable the Home's permanent fund to grow until about mid-1985, when the Home will again have to use moneys from the fund's principal to support part of its operations, and to extend the life of the fund until early 1999.

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