H.R. 1570 · 110th Congress

Samuel B. Moody Bataan Death March Compensation Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
John Mica
Introduced
2007-03-19
Latest action
2007-04-03 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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 to the nearest surviving relative of such individual.