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HR 3603 101th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Government paperwork Korean War, 1950-1953 Missing in action Prisoners of war Vietnamese Conflict World War II

To direct the heads of Federal departments and agencies to disclose information concerning United States personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing in action from World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam Conflict.

Introduced: November 7, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Nov 7, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
Nov 7, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the heads of Federal departments or agencies which hold or receive records and information which have or could possibly have been correlated to U.S. personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts to publicly disclose such records and information, except where such disclosure would compromise national security. Requires the Department of Defense to publicly disclose a complete list of such personnel including those killed in action (body not returned) in such hostilities with each service member's current classification as well as any changes in such classification occurring during or after such hostilities.

What's happening now November 13, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

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