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H.R. 5540 (100th)
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that employees of the Department of Defense who are captured and held captive during military operations shall be eligible to receive the prisoner-of-war medal.
Introduced
19 October 1988
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Status
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
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Summary
Provides that Department of Defense employees who are held captive during certain military operations shall be eligible to receive the prisoner-of-war medal.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 19 October 1988
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/5540
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/hr/5540