H.R. 595 · 108th Congress
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- John Mica
- Introduced
- 2003-02-05
- Latest action
- 2003-02-28 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Summary
Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay certain compensation to individuals (or their survivors) who, as members of the armed forces during World War II: (1) were captured on the peninsula of Bataan or the island of Corregidor in the Philippines by Japanese forces; and (2) participated in and survived the Bataan Death March.Allows a survivor payment to be made only to an unremarried surviving spouse of such individual.