H.R. 963 — Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

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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 only to an unremarried former spouse of such individual.

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2001-03-08
Introduced in House
2001-03-08
Introduced in House
2001-03-08
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2001-03-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2001-03-19
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

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