To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes.

Action history

1. 2006-08-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
2. 2006-08-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
3. 2006-07-28Introduced in House
4. 2006-07-28Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
5. 2006-07-28Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
6. 2006-07-28Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.