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From: Bob Necci & Carol Hrdlicka, Andi Wolos
(POW-MIA FaxNetwork)

Re: Legislative Update

Date: July 11, 1997

With the passage of HR 409, the status of POW-MIA legislation follows:

HR 409 - passed the House as part of the FY '98 legislation. The next step - an imperitive one - is to insure the companion bill in Senate - S. 755, introduced by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado - receives the co-sponsors needed. S. 755 currently sits with 8 co-sponsors. A minimum of 50 is needed.

S. 528 - The POW-MIA Recognition Act - also sponsored by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, has 23 co-sponsors. This measure will insure that the POW-MIA flag is flown over predesignated sites (the White House, The Wall, US Post Office, etc...) on predetermined observances - Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and others. It is an important bill as it expands the visibility of the issue to show the POW-MIA flag in places it has never been seen before and insures that our Prisoners and Missing, who are most certainly veterans, are included during all veteran and military observances.

HR 1161 - The House companion bill to S. 528, currently has 47 co-sponsors.

H RES 16 - To convene a House POW-MIA Select Committee - is in it's third incarnation in the House. There are 5 co-sponors. Bill sponsor, Congressman King, sent out a Dear Colleague letter this week.

To contact your Senators and Representatives call them toll free at -
1-800-972-3524.

To View Co-Sponsor Lists