PHILIPPINES, REPUBLIC OF THE

Addresses

Acceptance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: James T. Murphy, E1171 [29JY]

——— Jan Thompson, American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor Memorial Society, S6377 [5AU]

Issuance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: Hikaru Kimura, Mitsubishi Materials Corp., S6378 [5AU], E1171 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions

Arms sales: provide special foreign military sales status (see S. 1855), S5526 [23JY]

Asia: condemn construction of artificial land formations by China on the Spratly Islands and call for peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in South China Sea (see S. Res. 183), S3238 [21MY]

Citizenship: extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with U.S. Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities (see H.R. 3449), H5847 [8SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see S. 151), S200 [13JA] (see H.R. 315), H357 [13JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept certain documents as proof of service in determining eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1875), H2307 [16AP]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 2766), H4343 [12JN]

——— extend authority for operation of regional office in Manila, Philippines (see S. 2062), S6849 [21SE]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see S. 733), S1495 [12MR] (see H.R. 483), H530 [22JA]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see S. 1555), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 535), H582 [26JA] (see H.R. 2737), H4241 [11JN]

Remarks in House

Asia: reaffirm peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in South China Sea and East China Sea and support freedom of navigation and other lawful uses of sea and airspace, E1427 [6OC]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas, H539 [26JA]

Texts of

S. Res. 183, condemn construction of artificial land formations by China on the Spratly Islands and call for peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in South China Sea, S3244 [21MY]