HR 1570 · 110th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

Introduced 2007-03-19· Sponsored by Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.(2007-04-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (4)

3 Democrats1 Republican