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S. 2157 · 109th Congress

Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

BBD BoxerSponsor
12 cosponsors · 8 D, 4 R
OSR Snowe JBD Bingaman JRD Rockefeller MDR DeWine FLD Lautenberg JLD Lieberman CBR Burns TJD Johnson BLD Lincoln BMD Menendez JGR Gregg MPD Pryor

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act - Requires the Secretary concerned, for purposes of awarding the Purple Heart, to treat members of the Armed Forces who die in captivity under circumstances establishing eligibility for the prisoner-of-war medal but not for the Purple Heart as a member who is killed or wounded in action.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 21, 2005

Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act - Requires the Secretary concerned, for purposes of awarding the Purple Heart, to treat members of the Armed Forces who die in captivity under circumstances establishing eligibility for the prisoner-of-war medal but not for the Purple Heart as a member who is killed or wounded in action.

Applies this Act to members who died on or after December 7, 1941.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act

Latest action (Dec 21, 2005): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 21, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.