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.
Actions
Feb 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.