US Congress House Bill 5172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

POW Accountability Act - Requires: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to review the list maintained by the Secretary of veterans the Secretary determines are former prisoners of war (VA POW list) and the list maintained by the Secretary of Defense (DOD), acting through the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, of members of the Armed Forces who were prisoners of war (DOD POW list) to identify any discrepancies in such lists; and (2) the VA's Inspector General to review the process by which the Secretary determines that a veteran is a former prisoner of war. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the VA POW list, including information on such discrepancies and the results of the Inspector General's review.

POW Accountability Act

Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]

Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-07-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB5094 (Related) 2014-12-12 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 504.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5172/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5172/BILLS-113hr5172ih.pdf