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H.R. 1198 (IH) - Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 2001
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 107th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- March 22, 2001
- Action
- Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Honda, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Shows, Mr. Riley, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Schaffer, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Evans, Mr. Borski, Mr. Frost, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Foley, Mr. Cannon, Mr. DeMint, Mr. McCrery, and Mr. Walden of Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
- Bill Number
- H.R. 1198
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Justice for United States Prisoners of War Act of 2001
- Full Title
- To preserve certain actions in Federal court brought by members of the United States Armed Forces held as prisoners of war by Japan during World War II against Japanese nationals seeking compensation for mistreatment or failure to pay wages in connection with labor performed in Japan to the benefit of the Japanese nationals, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Dana Rohrabacher(CA)
- Cosponsors
- Michael M. Honda (CA); Tom DeLay (TX); Randy (Duke) Cunningham (CA); Ed Whitfield (KY); William J. Jefferson (LA); Mrs. Wilson; Mike Rogers (MI); Jim Saxton (NJ); Ronnie Shows (MS); Bob Riley (AL); John T. Doolittle (CA); Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD); Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL); Robin Hayes (NC); Jim Gibbons (NV); Bob Schaffer (CO); Sue W. Kelly (NY); Mike Pence (IN); Shelley Moore Capito (WV); Denny Rehberg (MT); David E. Bonior (MI); Lane Evans (IL); Robert A. Borski (PA); Martin Frost (TX); Charles W. "Chip" Pickering (MS); Mark Foley (FL); Chris Cannon (UT); Jim DeMint (SC); Jim McCrery (LA); Greg Walden (OR)
- Committees
- Committee on International Relations (Standing), Committee on Government Reform (Standing), Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)