HR 1570 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 3, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 19, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2007 to Oct 23, 2007.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyAug 3, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaSep 7, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleySep 7, 2007
R-IATom LathamOct 23, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 3, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Mar 19, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Mar 19, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2007Introduced in House

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