Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HJRES

H.J.Res. 489 (98th)

A joint resolution directing the President to secure a full accounting of Americans missing in Southeast Asia.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

23 February 1984

Last action

26 July 1984 · Committee

Status

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.

Sponsors

Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18], Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6], Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4], Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11], Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1], Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3], Rep. Siljander, Mark D. [R-MI-4], Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18], Rep. Kogovsek, Ray [D-CO-3], Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3], Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1], Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18], Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5], Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1], Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15], Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH], Rep. Ratchford, William R. [D-CT-5], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41], Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15], Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10], Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-33], Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3], Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Rep. Seiberling, John F. [D-OH-14], Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

23 January 2025

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Directs the President to: (1) secure from the Indochina nations a full accounting of Americans captured or missing as a result of the Vietnam conflict; and (2) work for the release of captive Americans and the return of the remains of those American servicemen and civilians who died in Southeast Asia. Requires the President to submit two reports to Congress on American POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 23 February 1984

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 23 February 1984

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 February 1984

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 2 March 1984

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.

    Source: Committee

  5. 15 May 1984

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from State.

    Source: Committee

  6. 26 July 1984

    Committee

    Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From State.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Showing 48 of 304 sponsors and actors.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.