S.J.RES.44: A joint resolution requesting the President to designate July 18 of each year as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day". Sponsor: Sen DeConcini .
S.J.RES.156: A joint resolution to designate April 9, 1982, as "POW-MIA Commemoration Day". Sponsor: Sen Kasten
H.J.RES.435: A joint resolution providing for the designation of April 12, 1982, as "American Salute to Cabanataun Prisoner of War Memorial Day". Sponsor: Rep McCollum .- LATEST ACTION: 04/06/82 Public Law 97-167.
H.R.1100: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health-care benefits provided by the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Montgomery .- LATEST ACTION: 08/14/81 Public Law 97-37.
H.R.1141: A bill to amend the civil service retirement provisions of title 5, United States Code, to provide individuals double credit for periods of military service during which such individuals were held as prisoners of war. Sponsor: Rep Montgomery (by req.) .
H.R.1400: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish new educational assistance programs for veterans and for members of the Armed Forces. Sponsor: Rep Montgomery .- LATEST ACTION: 06/10/82 Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 97-80 (Part III).
H.R.2030: A bill to provide that the injuries which qualify a member of the Armed Forces for award of the military decoration of the Purple Heart shall include, in the case of a member who was held as a prisoner of war, damage inflicted during captivity. Sponsor: Rep Hall, S.(by req.) .
H.R.2031: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health care benefits, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Hall, S.(by req.) .
H.R.2048: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate provision of outpatient dental treatment for service-connected noncompensable dental conditions which are unrelated to service trauma or prisoner-of-war status. Sponsor: Rep Montgomery (by req.) .
H.R.3298: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the Prisoner of War Medal. Sponsor: Rep Badham .
H.R.4484: A bill to direct the President to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to prisoners of war held during World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict under the same criteria applicable to prisoners of war held during the Vietnam era. Sponsor: Rep Moorhead, C. .
S.251: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health care benefits, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Abdnor .
S.468: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health-care benefits provided by the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Thurmond .- LATEST ACTION: 06/04/81 Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 1100 passed in lieu.
S.916: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate provision of outpatient dental treatment for service-connected non-compensable dental conditions which are unrelated to service trauma or prisoner of war status. Sponsor: Sen Simpson(by req.) .
S.1008: A bill to provide that retired officers of the Armed Services recalled to active duty and detailed to duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission shall not be charged against the authorized end strengths and grade limitations prescribed for the Department of Defense or the military departments concerned.
Sponsor: Sen Thurmond .- LATEST ACTION: 05/19/81 Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services. S.1164: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of former prisoners of war for certain health-care benefits provided by the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Kasten .
S.2656: A bill to direct the President to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to prisoners of war held during World War I, World War II, and the Korean conflict under the same criteria applicable to prisoners of war held during the Vietnam era. Sponsor: Sen Byrd, R. .
S.2910: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish new educational assistance programs for veterans and for members of the Armed Forces. Sponsor: Sen Tsongas .