HR 963
107th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
East Asia
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
History
Japan
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military history
Philippines
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
World War II
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act
Introduced: March 8, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 19, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 8, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 8, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay certain compensation to individuals (or their survivors) who, as members of the armed forces during World War II: (1) were captured on the peninsula of Bataan or the island of Corregidor in the Philippines by Japanese forces; and (2) participated in and survived the Bataan Death March.
Allows a survivor payment to be made only to an unremarried former spouse of such individual.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1