118 HR 6355 IH: Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-11-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6355IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 9, 2023Mr. Ryan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesA BILLTo amend the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952 to require that former members of the uniformed services who were captured or entered a missing-in-action status during the Korean War while serving as a member of a combat unit in Korea receive combat pay for each month spent in a captured or missing-in-action status, rather than just a total of four months.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act.

2.

Recognition of entire period spent in a captured or missing-in-action status during the Korean War for receipt of combat pay

(a)

In general

Section 704(b) of the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952 (title VII of Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1953; 66 Stat. 539) is amended by striking for not more than three months thereafter and inserting for each month thereafter. (b)

Application of amendment

(1)

Covered persons

Section 704(b) of the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952, as amended by subsection (a), applies only with respect to a former member of the uniformed services who received combat pay under such section and who is alive as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (2)

Combat pay amount

In determining the actual amount to be paid to a former member of the uniformed services covered by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall increase the amount determined under section 704(b) of the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952, as amended by subsection (a), using an appropriate inflation adjustment.