To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 3811 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z Senate S S 2006-08-03 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-03T22:16:53Z To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes. 109 5972 HR 2006-08-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. Related bill CRS 2006-08-03 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2006-08-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8827) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-08-03 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2006-08-03 True Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Class actions (Civil procedure) Commerce Compensation (Law) East Asia Evidence (Law) Forced labor Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations History Human rights International Affairs Japan Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Prisoners of war Slavery Survivors' benefits Veterans' pensions World War II Armed Forces and National Security

00 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-03T21:13:00Z Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and U.S. civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during World War II.

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A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3811is/xml/BILLS-109s3811is.xml 2006-08-03 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.