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HRES 304 106th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the war crimes committed by the Japanese during World War II.

Introduced: September 24, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
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Agreed to (House)
Oct 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Sep 28, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Sep 24, 1999
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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.
Sep 24, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 6, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of Japan should formally issue a clear and unambiguous apology for its atrocious war crimes during World War II; and (2) the Government of the United States should release all records in its possession pertaining to Japanese experiments on prisoners of war at Mukden to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to any physician designated by a surviving American prisoner of war at Mukden.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 304: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the war crimes committed by the Japanese during World War II.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-304/
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"H. Res. 304: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the war crimes committed by the Japanese during World War II.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-304/.
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H. Res. 304, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HRES-304/.
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