House
Feb 6, 2009Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act
Summary
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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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Introduced(1/9/09)
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Passed
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Passed
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Law
Sponsor
JM
Mr. MICA
(R) FL – 7
Cosponsors (1)
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Latest Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 6, 2009
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