PRISONERS OF WAR

Articles and editorials

Jack Van Loan, Vietnam POW and Five Points Legend, Dies at 87, E1292 [16OC]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see S. 646), S1659 [5MR] (see H.R. 1019), H1391 [6FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: direct Architect of the Capitol to display the POW/MIA flag outside the office of each Member of Congress (see H.R. 3025), H4170 [24MY]

Dept. of Defense: exempt certain officers and employees of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency from furlough (see H.R. 4879), H8538 [28OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assign highest priority status for hospital care and medical services provided to veterans who are former POW (see H.R. 3527), H5255 [27JN]

Flags: require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the U.S. is displayed on certain Federal property (see S. 693), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1579), H2581 [7MR]

Jacksonville, FL: designate the POW/MIA Memorial and Museum as the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum (see H.R. 4446), H7865 [20SE]

Korean War: require veterans who were captured or entered MIA status while serving in a combat unit receive combat pay for each month spent in captured or MIA status (see H.R. 2555), H3474 [7MY]

Law enforcement: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under authorizations for use of military force without charge or trial (see S. 1702), S3164 [3JN]

Pueblo (U.S.S.): call for return to the U.S. Navy by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (see H. Res. 479), H5303 [9JY]

——— maintain seizure and detention of crew were in violation of international law and call for return to the U.S. Navy by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (see H. Res. 439), H4628 [12JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to U.S. POW taken prisoner by Japan while serving in the Pacific Theater (see H.R. 5044), H8783 [12NO]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to troops who defended Bataan and Corregidor (see S. 1093), S2328 [9AP] (see H.R. 2192), H3217 [9AP]

Remarks in House

Daily, Philip: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, E116 [30JA]

Flags: require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the U.S. is displayed on certain Federal property (S. 693), H8354, H8355 [22OC]

National Former POW Recognition Day: observance, E429 [9AP]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, H7819, H7824 [19SE]

North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture: release of ‘‘Torture Flights—North Carolina’s Role in the CIA’s Rendition and Torture Program’’ report, E842 [26JN]

Philippines: anniversary of massacre of U.S. POWs on Palawan Island during World War II, E1595 [16DE]

Waterloo, IL: unveiling of POW-MIA Monument, E1169 [18SE]

World War II: anniversary of Bataan Death March, E429 [9AP]

Remarks in Senate

Flags: require that the POW/MIA flag be displayed on all days that the flag of the U.S. is displayed on certain Federal property (S. 693), S2624 [2MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance, S5571 [18SE]

Taiwan: anniversary of death of U.S. and Allied POWs killed by friendly fire aboard Japanese hell ship Enoura Maru (vessel) during World War II, S99 [9JA]

Reports

‘‘Torture Flights—North Carolina’s Role in the CIA’s Rendition and Torture Program’’: North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture (excerpt), E843 [26JN]

Texts of

S. 693, National POW/MIA Flag Act, S2624 [2MY], H8354 [22OC]