HR 1570
110th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
East Asia
Families
History
Japan
Military dependents
Military pay
Philippines
Prisoners of war
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
World War II
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act
Introduced: March 19, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 19, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 19, 2007
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 to the nearest surviving relative of such individual.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1