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S. 1874 (100th)
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to redefine the term "former prisoner of war."
Introduced
17 November 1987
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Redefines the term "former prisoner of war" for purposes of veterans' benefits provisions to include any person who, while serving in the active military, naval, or air service, was forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during World War II, under circumstances which the Administrator of Veterans Affairs finds to have been comparable to those under which persons have generally been forcibly detained or interned by enemy governments during periods of war.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 17 November 1987
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1874
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/s/1874