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HCONRES 176 104th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the maltreatment of United States military and civilian prisoners by the Japanese during World War II.

Introduced: May 10, 1996 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Armed Forces and National SecurityBacteriologyBiological warfareChemical warfare
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Classified defense informationEast AsiaGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHuman experimentation in medicineJapanMedical recordsOfficial secretsPrisoners of warReparationsTortureVeterans' medical careWar crimesWorld War II
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This resolution expired with the 104th Congress
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May 14, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
May 13, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
May 10, 1996
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 10, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 14, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for: (1) the Government of Japan to pay reparations and express formal regret to U.S. military and civilian prisoners of war held by the Japanese during World War II; and (2) relevant U.S. departments and agencies to declassify and release to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to the doctors of individuals who were subjected to experimentation by the Japanese all requested U.S. and Japanese records and documents relating to medical or bacteriological experimentation on such prisoners.

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Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 10, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 176: Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the maltreatment of United States military and civilian prisoners by the Japanese during World War II.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-176/
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"H. Con. Res. 176: Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the maltreatment of United States military and civilian prisoners by the Japanese during World War II.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-176/.
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H. Con. Res. 176, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HCONRES-176/.
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