[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3668 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3668

    To require the Secretary of Defense to provide back pay to the 
Vietnamese commandos who were employed by the United States during the 
Vietnam conflict to conduct covert operations in North Vietnam so as to 
 compensate the commandos for the years in which they were imprisoned 
                       and persecuted in Vietnam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1996

  Mr. Dornan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of Defense to provide back pay to the 
Vietnamese commandos who were employed by the United States during the 
Vietnam conflict to conduct covert operations in North Vietnam so as to 
 compensate the commandos for the years in which they were imprisoned 
                       and persecuted in Vietnam.

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

SECTION 1. PROVISION OF BACK PAY TO VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Vietnamese commando'' 
means a Vietnamese national who was employed by the United States 
during the Vietnam conflict to conduct covert operations to infiltrate 
North Vietnam and who was captured and imprisoned by the North 
Vietnamese during the course of such operations.
    (b) Payment of Back Pay.--From funds available to the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary shall pay to each Vietnamese commando living in 
the United States who submits a timely claim under subsection (c) an 
amount of back pay equal to the product of the following:
            (1) $2,000, which corresponds to the annual salary accepted 
        by Vietnamese commandos during the Vietnam conflict; and
            (2) The number of years in which the Vietnamese commando 
        was imprisoned by the North Vietnamese and the number of years 
        after such imprisonment in which the Vietnamese commando was 
        subject to persecution in Vietnam as a result of service as a 
        Vietnamese commando, as determined by the Secretary.
    (c) Submission of Claims.--To receive back pay under this section, 
a Vietnamese commando shall submit an application to the Secretary, in 
such form and containing such information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate, before the end of the two-year period beginning on the 
date on which the Vietnamese commando receives notice under subsection 
(d) of the availability of compensation.
    (d) Notification of Vietnamese Commandos.--As soon as possible 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
endeavor to notify each Vietnamese commando living in the United States 
on that date of the availability of back pay under this section. The 
Secretary shall provide notice to other Vietnamese commandos as soon as 
possible after they resettle in the United States.
    (e) Effect of Payment.--The payment of back pay to a Vietnamese 
commando under this section shall be in full satisfaction of any claim 
of the Vietnamese commando against the United States arising out of the 
service of the person as a Vietnamese commando.
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