HCONRES 176
104th Congress
House
International Affairs
Armed Forces and National Security
Bacteriology
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Classified defense information
East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human experimentation in medicine
Japan
Medical records
Official secrets
Prisoners of war
Reparations
Torture
Veterans' medical care
War crimes
World War II
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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Cosponsors
1