PRISONERS OF WAR

Amendments

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): establish (S. Res. 82), S12175, S12331 [2AU]

Iraq: enforcement of Geneva Convention relative to war crimes (S. 253), S4718, S4787 [18AP]

Analyses

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 82), S12173 [2AU]

Appointments

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Select), S13176 [17SE]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S12178 [2AU], S15542 [30OC]

Conferees: S. 1325, authorizing appropriations for certain intelligence activities, staff, and benefit systems, S9214 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

American War Prisoners Abused by Iraqi Captors, Pentagon Says, S3162 [13MR]

Amnesty International Urges End to Torture and Killings in Iraq—Major Report Details Widespread Human Rights Violations, S4150 [22MR]

Kuwaiti Doctors Charge Torture, Killings by Occupiers, S4149 [22MR]

Kuwaitis Tell of Atrocities During Harsh Iraqi Rule, S4148 [22MR]

On the Trail of the MIA's, E3600-E3604 [30OC]

POW/MIA Group Becomes Part of Bureaucracy, S3442 [14MR]

Preying on MIA Families, E2856 [2AU]

Specialist To Examine MIA Photos, H6647 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: disclosure of information relating to members who are officially considered to be prisoners of war, missing in action (see S. 1127, S6355 [22MY])

———eligibility standards for Purple Heart award (see S. 1175, S6654 [23MY])

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda by National League of POW/MIA Families (see H. Con. Res. 158, H3624 [23MY])

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 207, H5979 [29JY])

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 185, S13829 [26SE])

———establish (see S. Res. 82, S3387 [14MR]; S. Res. 162, S11371 [30JY])

Dept. of Defense: grant commissary store privileges to certain disabled individuals (see S. 116, S437 [14JA])

Federal employees: issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilians forcibly detained during wartime (see S. 114, S437 [14JA])

———issuance of prisoner-of-war medals to civilian employees detained or interned under wartime conditions (see H.R. 1757, H2178 [11AP])

Flags: display at national cemeteries (see S.J. Res. 136, S5137 [25AP])

Information services: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H1278 [27FE])

———disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel (see S. 1270, S7464 [11JN])

International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 8, S1369 [31JA])

Iraq: continued economic sanctions pending release of illegally detained individuals (see S.J. Res. 94, S3191 [13MR])

———enforcement of Geneva Convention relative to war crimes (see S. 253, S1053 [23JA])

———investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes (see H. Res. 42, H684 [23JA])

———return of U.S. POW before rescinding economic sanctions (see S.J. Res. 75, S2146 [21FE])

———treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (see S. Con. Res. 5, S1053 [23JA]; H. Con. Res. 48, H684 [23JA])

Korean War: payment to former Armed Forces members held as POW (see H.R. 968, H1024 [19FE])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1294 [30JA]; H.J. Res. 70, H386 [11JA]; H.J. Res. 87, H684 [23JA])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 170, S8952 [27JN]; H.J. Res. 233, H2536 [24AP])

Postal Service: display of National League of Families POW/MIA flag at facilities (see H.J. Res. 78, H556 [17JA])

POW/MIA: display flag at public buildings (see S.J. Res. 45, S1053 [23JA])

Public buildings: display of the POW/MIA flag (see H.J. Res. 164, H1325 [28FE])

Southeast Asia: grant asylum to nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 1900, H2374 [17AP])

Veterans: authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain former disabled POW (see H.R. 2842, H5340 [10JY])

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H2811 [7MY])

———former POW commissary and exchange privileges (see H.R. 3069, H5978 [29JY])

———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H2083 [22MR])

———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (see S. 327, S1368 [31JA])

———increase opportunities for individuals held as POW in the Vietnam era in Dept. of Defense procurement (see H.R. 626, H684 [23JA])

———POW eligibility for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2992, H5744 [23JY])

Vietnam: commend the establishment of an U.S. POW/MIA Office (see S. Res. 118, S5137 [25AP])

———terminate certain economic sanctions relative to assistance in resolution of POW/MIA cases (see S. 1348, S8310 [20JN])

———withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (see H. Con. Res. 233, H9580 [7NO])

Vietnamese Conflict: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel (see H.R. 4066, H11889 [26NO])

Factsheets

Goals for Proposed Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, S3443 [14MR]

U.S. Government Efforts To Obtain the Fullest Possible Accounting: Dept. of Defense, S3441 [14MR]

Why a Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs and Not Just a Task Force or Caucus or Some Informal Ad Hoc Group?, S3443 [14MR]

Letters

MIA in Vietnam: Nguyen Co Thach, S11175 [29JY]

POW/MIA in Southeast Asia Issue: Senator Helms, S3438 [14MR]

POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9214 [28JN]

Lists

Former Middle East POW, H1649 [12MR]

U.S. POW released by Iraq, E797 [6MR]

Women killed and POW in the Persian Gulf conflict, H2002 [21MR]

Memorandums

Access to Classified POW-MIA Material: National League of Families, S3442 [14MR]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, S8010, S8011 [18JN]

Delaware, H2108 [9AP]

Florida, S8011 [18JN], H3739 [30MY]

Iowa, S6921 [3JN], H3494 [22MY]

Louisiana, S9363 [9JY], S10043 [15JY], H5299 [9JY]

Michigan, S5500 [8MY], S16846 [15NO], H2564 [25AP]

Minnesota, S8009, S8011 [18JN], H3805 [3JN]

Nevada, S8010 [18JN]

New Jersey, H4098 [6JN]

Oklahoma, S6996 [4JN]

Oregon, S13978 [30SE], H6456 [11SE]

Pennsylvania, H6385 [2AU], H6456 [11SE]

Texas, S10950 [25JY], H5596 [17JY]

Washington, H3624 [23MY]

Wisconsin, S6148 [20MY], H2962 [13MY]

Petitions

Hanover County, VA, S13978 [30SE]

Hanover County, VA, Board of Supervisors, H6458 [11SE]

Poems

``Everybody Has the Right To Be Free,'' Robert Mason, E2116 [7JN]

Remarks in House

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of rotunda by National League of POW/MIA Families (H. Con. Res. 158), H5151 [26JN]

Classified information: release of files to relatives, H4260-H4262 [11JN]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 207), E2746 [29JY]

Foreign countries: resolution of POW/MIA issues, H8465 [24OC]

Government: resolution of POW/MIA issues, H3700-H3703 [29MY]

Information services: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (H.R. 1147), H6647 [17SE]

———disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel, H5918 [29JY], E2714 [25JY]

Iraq: investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes, H689 [24JA]

———investigation and prosecution of individuals responsible for war crimes (H. Res. 42), H642, H643 [23JA]

———release, H1648, H1649 [12MR]

———treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention, H607, H608, H609 [22JA], H644, H645 [23JA], H700 [28JA], H828 [31JA], H1170 [27FE], H1288 [28FE], E245 [23JA], E309 [28JA], E477 [7FE], E616 [25FE]

———treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 48), H663-H667 [23JA]

Laos: foreign aid, H4790, H4791 [20JN]

Middle East: exchange of POW with Iraq, H1090 [21FE]

———multinational military action against Iraq, H1090 [21FE]

———news media coverage of multinational military action against Iraq, H789 [30JA]

———Tice, Jeffrey, E616 [25FE]

Middletown Township, NJ: VFW Post No. 2179 candlelight services for American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, E2978 [11SE]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 53), H1873-H1874 [20MR]

National objectives, H6326 [2AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 233), H6586-H6588 [16SE], E1451 [24AP], E3098 [19SE]

———observance, E3119 [24SE]

Patriotism: rally honoring, E1157 [9AP]

Postal Service: display of National League of Families POW/MIA flag at facilities (H.J. Res. 78), E203 [17JA]

POW/MIA: encourage ribbon-wearing as reminders of unresolved issues, H9400 [6NO]

Public buildings: display of the POW/MIA flag (H.J. Res. 164), H1460 [7MR]

Resolution of issues, H10389 [18NO]

Southeast Asia: disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel, H6666-H6673 [17SE]

———full accounting, H5603, H5605 [18JY]

Veterans: authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain former disabled POW (H.R. 2842), E2499 [11JY]

Vietnam: investigation of MIA, E2856 [2AU]

———U.S. trade policy, E3898 [19NO]

———withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on MIA, E4187 [26NO]

———withhold normalization of diplomatic and economic relations pending report on missing American servicemen in Southeast Asia (H. Con. Res. 233), H9500 [7NO]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: disclosure of information relating to members who are officially considered to be prisoners of war or missing in action (S. 1127), S6368 [22MY]

———eligibility standards for the Purple Heart Award (S. 1175), S6704 [23MY]

Committee on POW-MIA Affairs (Select): print hearing record of POW-MIA investigation policy and process, S18249 [26NO]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Select): establish (S. Res. 82), S13372 [20SE]

———members, S13176 [17SE]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 185), S14838 [16OC], S14931 [17OC]

———establish (S. Res. 82), S3436-S3445 [14MR], S6832 [24MY], S11014 [26JY], S12117-S12119, S12173-S12175, S12178 [2AU]

Dept. of Defense: grant commissary store privileges to certain disabled individuals (S. 116), S766 [14JA]

Family support center: establish, S12085 [2AU]

Federal employees: issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilians forcibly detained during wartime (S. 114), S765 [14JA]

Flags: display at national cemeteries, S17142 [20NO]

———display at national cemeteries (S.J. Res. 136), S5304 [25AP]

Foreign policy: normalization of diplomatic and economic relations with Vietnam and Cambodia, S11174-S11177 [29JY]

Government: resolution of POW/MIA issues, S11760-S11763 [1AU]

Information services: disclosure of information on certain U.S. personnel (S. 1270), S7490 [11JN]

International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (S. Con. Res. 8), S1364 [31JA]

Iraq: continued economic sanctions pending release of illegally detained individuals (S.J. Res. 94), S4148-S4151 [22MR]

———enforcement of Geneva Convention relative to war crimes (S. 253), S1089, S1090, S1091 [23JA], S1115 [24JA], S4716-S4720, S4725-S4727 [18AP]

———return of U.S. POW before rescinding economic sanctions (S.J. Res. 75), S2214 [21FE], S2362 [26FE]

———treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention, S999, S1000, S1002, S1025 [22JA], S1042 [23JA], S1143 [24JA], S1344, S1345 [31JA], S3145 [13MR]

———treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (S. Con. Res. 5), S1113-S1118 [24JA]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (S.J. Res. 53), S1320 [30JA]

———observance, S4260 [9AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 233), S13245 [18SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 170), S9006 [27JN], S13074 [16SE]

———observance, S13372, S13373, S13431 [20SE]

POW/MIA: display flag at public buildings (S.J. Res. 45), S1098 [23JA]

———resolution of issues, S16739-S16741 [14NO]

POW/MIA Interagency Group: exclusion of Senators, S2691 [5MR]

Public buildings: display requirements of the POW/MIA flag, S12059-S12062 [2AU]

Southeast Asia: accounting of individuals, S5727 [14MY]

U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs in Hanoi, Vietnam: establish, S13764-S13766 [26SE]

Veterans: furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (S. 327), S1416 [31JA]

Vietnam: commend the establishment of a U.S. POW/MIA Office (S. Res. 118), S5314 [25AP], S5606 [9MY]

———human rights violations, S12686 [10SE]

———terminate certain economic sanctions relative to assistance in resolution of POW/MIA cases (S. 1348), S8351 [20JN]

Reports

POW-MIA Issue in Southeast Asia: Committee on Foreign Relations, S3439-S3441 [14MR]

Reports filed

Authorizing Expenditures for the Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select): Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 185), S13829 [26SE]

———Committee on Rules and Administration (S. Res. 185), S14348 [3OC]

Statements

Government Resolution of POW/MIA Issues: Millard A. Peck, H3700 [29MY]

Summaries

Geneva Convention Articles on POW Treatment, S999 [22JA], E245 [23JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 48, POW treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention, H663 [23JA]

H. Con. Res. 158, authorize use of Capitol rotunda for a National League of POW/MIA Families ceremony, H5152 [26JN]

H.J. Res. 78, display of National League of Families POW/MIA flag at postal facilities, E203 [17JA]

H.J. Res. 233, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, H6588 [16SE]

H.R. 2842, authorize use of Dept. of Defense commissary stores by certain disabled former POW, E2500 [11JY]

S. 114, issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilians forcibly detained during wartime, S765 [14JA]

S. 116, grant Dept. of Defense commissary store privileges to certain disabled POW, S766 [14JA]

S. 253, Geneva Convention Enforcement Act, S1116 [24JA]

S. 253, Persian Gulf War Criminals Prosecution Act, S4716, S4719 [18AP]

S. 327, furnish veterans outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW, S1416 [31JA]

S. 1127, disclosure of information relating to members who are officially considered to be prisoners of war or missing in action, S6369 [22MY]

S. 1175, eligibility standards for the Purple Heart Award, S6705 [23MY]

S. 1270, disclosure of POW/MIA information on certain U.S. personnel, S7491 [11JN]

S. Con. Res. 5, Iraqi treatment of POW relative to violations of Geneva Convention, S1101 [23JA], S1146 [24JA]

S. Con. Res. 8, International Red Cross access to POW in Iraq, S1365, S1453 [31JA]

S. Con. Res. 51, authorize use of Capitol rotunda for a National League of POW/MIA Families ceremony, S9458, S9513 [10JY]

S. Res. 82, establish a Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S12173 [2AU]

S. Res. 82, establish Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S3436 [14MR]

S. Res. 118, commend the establishment of a U.S. POW/MIA Office in Vietnam, S5606 [9MY]

S. Res. 118, commend Vietnam for establishment of a U.S. POW/MIA Office, S5314 [25AP]

S. Res. 162, establish a Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S11378 [30JY]

S. Res. 185, authorizing expenditures for Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, S14838 [16OC]

S. Res. 185, authorizing expenditures for the Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S13843 [26SE]

S.J. Res. 53, National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, S1320 [30JA], S2247 [21FE], H1874 [20MR]

S.J. Res. 75, Iraqi return of U.S. POW before rescinding economic sanctions, S2214 [21FE]

S.J. Res. 94, continued economic sanctions on Iraq pending release of illegally detained individuals, S4148 [22MR]

S.J. Res. 136, display of POW/MIA flag at national cemeteries, S5304 [25AP]

S.J. Res. 170, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, S13074 [16SE]

Tributes

Peterson, Representative Pete, H2099 [9AP]