HR 3818 · 105th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

To provide additional compensation for certain World War II veterans who survived the Bataan Death March and were held as prisoners of war by the Japanese.

Introduced 1998-05-07· Sponsored by Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]· House

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(1998-05-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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