A bill to require the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who performed slave labor for Japanese industries during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes.

Summary

Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a specified amount of compensation to those members of the Armed Forces and U.S. civilian employees, or to the surviving spouses of such members and employees, who were captured by Japan and who were used as slave labor during World War II.

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Timeline

1. 3 August 2006

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 August 2006

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8827)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 August 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 3 August 2006 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 August 2006

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
• · ssas00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → To provide for the payment of compensation to members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the United States who, as prisoners of war, performed slave labor for Japanese corporations during World War II, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept contributions in order to provide additional compensation to such members and employees, to encourage Japanese corporations that benefitted from the use of slave labor to make contributions for such additional compensation, and for other purposes.