HCONRES 344
108th Congress
House
International Affairs
Alien property
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
District courts
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign leaders
Government liability (International law)
History
Hostages
International claims
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Jurisdiction
Law
Expressing the sense of the Congress that American prisoners of war (POWs) during the 1991 Gulf War and their immediate family members should be adequately compensated, without delay, for their suffering and injury, as decided by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Introduced: November 21, 2003
Introduced by:
Meeks, Gregory W.
Democratic
· New York
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Nov 21, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Nov 21, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Resolves that: (1) the President should take action, through the liquidation of blocked Iraqi assets or other appropriate sources, to ensure that prisoners of war (POWs) during the 1991 Gulf War, and their immediate family members, receive without delay just compensation for their suffering as awarded by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and (2) Congress will continue to oversee provisions of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003 to ensure that it is not misinterpreted, including by divesting U.S. courts of jurisdiction, with respect to the POWs and other victims of Iraqi terrorism.
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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Cosponsors
1