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HR 1520 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Defense Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military personnel and dependents

POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013

Introduced: April 12, 2013 Introduced by: Lynch, Stephen F. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Apr 12, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 12, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to allow DOD civilian employees who are required to take a furlough that would otherwise occur during their deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command to take such furlough after returning from the deployment.

What's happening now April 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
Posey, Bill
· May 20, 2013
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Apr 12, 2013
Higgins, Brian
· Apr 12, 2013
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 12, 2013
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Apr 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1520: POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1520/
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"H.R. 1520: POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1520/.
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