US HB309 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay certain compensation to individuals (or their survivors) who, as members of the Armed Forces during World War II: (1) were captured on the peninsula of Bataan or the island of Corregidor in the Philippines by Japanese forces; and (2) participated in and survived the Bataan Death March. Allows a survivor payment to be made to the nearest surviving relative of such individual.

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Title

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

Sponsors

Rep. John Mica [R-FL]

History

DateChamberAction
2011-02-04HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2011-01-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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