[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1745 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1745

 To designate a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial at 
         Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 16, 2003

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial at 
         Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Prisoner of War/Missing in Action 
National Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION NATIONAL 
              MEMORIAL, RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY, RIVERSIDE, 
              CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The most reliable statistics regarding the number of 
        members of the United States Armed Forces who have been held as 
        prisoners of war or listed as missing in action indicate that 
        more than 586,000 members of the Armed Forces have been taken 
        prisoner since the American Revolution and more than 89,000 
        members have been listed as missing.
            (2) The Department of Defense continues to locate and 
        identify the remains of members of the Armed Forces who have 
        been missing in action since the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
            (3) The United States currently lacks a national memorial 
        dedicated to the bravery and sacrifice of those members of the 
        Armed Forces who have been held as prisoners of war and listed 
        as missing in action.
            (4) An appropriate memorial to former prisoners of war and 
        members of the Armed Forces listed as missing in action, 
        including those who remain unaccounted for, is under 
        construction at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, 
        California.
            (5) The memorial will honor all those members of the Armed 
        Forces who have been held as prisoners of war or listed as 
        missing in action and is dedicated to the memory of those 
        members who remain missing in action.
    (b) Designation.--The memorial to former prisoners of war and 
members of the Armed Forces listed as missing in action that is under 
construction at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California, 
is hereby designated as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National 
Memorial.
    (c) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial designated by 
this section is not a unit of the National Park System, and the 
designation of the national memorial shall not be construed to require 
or permit Federal funds (other than any funds provided for as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act) to be expended for any purpose 
related to the national memorial.
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