3.0.0 2157 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z Senate S S 2005-12-21 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-12-21T17:17:37Z Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act 109 2369 HR 2005-05-16 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2005-12-21 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2005-12-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14318-14319) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-01-31 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-02-16 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2006-02-16 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2006-03-01 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-03-01 False D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2006-03-01 False B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2006-03-02 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-03-02 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2006-03-09 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-03-09 False G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2006-03-16 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2006-06-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Commemorations Military medals, decorations, etc. Prisoners of war War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-15T15:47:42Z Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act - Requires the Secretary concerned, for purposes of awarding the Purple Heart, to treat members of the Armed Forces who die in captivity under circumstances establishing eligibility for the prisoner-of-war medal but not for the Purple Heart as a member who is killed or wounded in action.

Applies this Act to members who died on or after December 7, 1941.

]]> Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act Display Title Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the Purple Heart to be awarded to prisoners of war who die in captivity under circumstances not otherwise establishing eligibility for the Purple Heart. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act Introduced in Senate 2005-12-21T05:00:00Z 2005-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.