Honoring and remembering on National Former POW Recognition Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan on the Philippine Islands, the brave men and women who as prisoners of war gave their liberty to ensure ours, thus embodying the enduring spirit of American freedom and determination. 2017-04-06 Introduced in House Expresses appreciation for the recent efforts by the Japanese government toward a historic apology for Imperial Japan's maltreatment of U.S. prisoners of war (POWs).

Asks the Department of State to work with that government and representatives of U.S. POWs to memorialize the 75th anniversary of the fall of Bataan on the Philippine Islands by crafting a formal agreement establishing a permanent future fund to understand, preserve, and teach the history of the U.S. POW experience with Japan.

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