[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4938 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4938

 To provide that members of the Armed Forces held as hostages in Iran 
after the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 
   1979, shall be treated as having been prisoners of war during the 
               period that they were in a captive status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 11, 1994

   Mr. Barrett of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that members of the Armed Forces held as hostages in Iran 
after the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 
   1979, shall be treated as having been prisoners of war during the 
               period that they were in a captive status.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRISONER OF WAR STATUS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO 
              WERE HOSTAGES DURING THE IRAN EMBASSY CRISIS.

    (a) In General.--Any individual who, while a member of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty, was held in a captive status as a result 
of the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 
1979, shall be treated for all purposes as having been in a prisoner of 
war status during the period of that captivity and shall 
(notwithstanding any other requirement in law or regulation) be 
eligible for all rights and benefits (including the Prisoner of War 
Medal) applicable to persons who were held as prisoners of war.
    (b) Coordination of Benefits.--An individual covered by subsection 
(a) who is eligible for any benefit under a law providing benefits for 
persons held in captive status is not eligible for the same or a 
substantially identical benefit by reason of having been (in accordance 
with subsection (a)) in a prisoner of war status during the same period 
of captivity.
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