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Missing Persons Authorities Improvement Act of 1997

Introduced: May 15, 1997 See on congress.gov
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May 15, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 15, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4604)
May 15, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Missing Persons Authorities Improvement Act of 1997 - Restores Federal armed forces provisions relating to the status of missing persons as in effect before amendments made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997.

What's happening now May 15, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 23, 1997
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 10, 1997
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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Jun 23, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 755: Missing Persons Authorities Improvement Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-755/
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"S. 755: Missing Persons Authorities Improvement Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-S-755/.
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