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H.R. 4938 (103rd)

To provide that members of the Armed Forces held as hostages in Iran after the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, shall be treated as having been prisoners of war during the period that they were in a captive status.

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11 August 1994

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6 June 2025

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Accords prisoner of war status, for purposes of eligibility for applicable compensation and benefits, to members of the armed forces who were hostages in Iran after the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.

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