HRES 1409 · 93th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Resolution that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be no continuation of the announced general program of amnesty for Vietnam-era draft dodgers or deserters until a full accounting is made of American servicemen missing in Southeast Asia.

Introduced 1974-10-02· Sponsored by Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38]· 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 House Committee on Armed Services.(1974-10-02)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no general program of amnesty, conditional or otherwise, be continued for any United States citizen who knowingly evaded the draft in order not to serve in the conflict in Southeast Asia, or who knowingly deserted from the armed services while serving our country, until such time as there is: (1) the fullest possible accounting of all Americans still missing in action or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia; and (2) a return of all prisoners of war; and (3) the fullest possible accounting for and repatriation of the remains of those American servicemen who died in the conflict in Southeast Asia.…

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