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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Supports the designation of Bataan-Corregidor Month.</p> <p>Requests the President to issue a proclamation designating such a month and calling upon the people of the United States to observe such period with appropriate ceremonies and activities.</p> <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. and Filipino veterans deserve recognition for their bravery in defending Bataan and Corregidor and for their valiant service during World War II.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Expressing support for designation of the period beginning April 9, 2012, and ending May 6, 2012, as "Bataan-Corregidor Month".</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.</text>
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