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S 1270 102th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Missing in action Prisoners of war

A bill to require the heads of departments and agencies of the Federal Government to disclose information concerning United States personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing in action.

Introduced: June 11, 1991 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 102nd Congress (1991–1992) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jun 11, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 11, 1991
Introduced in Senate
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Requires Federal agencies to make available to the public information relating to the location, treatment, or condition of any U.S. personnel currently classified as prisoners of war or missing in action.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to also make available to the public a complete list of U.S. personnel classified as prisoners of war, missing in action, or killed in action (body not returned) after 1940, including: (1) the current classification of each person; and (2) each change in the listed person's classification that has occurred since the original classification.

Provides exceptions to such disclosure requirements, including where disclosure would compromise the safety of personnel known or thought to be held as prisoners of war. Requires the agency head, in such an instance, to notify the President and the congressional intelligence committees of such a determination.

What's happening now June 11, 1991

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jul 31, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1270: A bill to require the heads of departments and agencies of the Federal Government to disclose information concerning United States personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing in action.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1270/
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"S. 1270: A bill to require the heads of departments and agencies of the Federal Government to disclose information concerning United States personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing in action.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1270/.
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S. 1270, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-S-1270/.
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