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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2555
To amend the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952 to require that former members
of the uniformed services who were captured or entered a missing-
in-action status during the Korean War while serving as a member
of a combat unit in Korea receive combat pay for each month spent
in a captured or missing-in-action status, rather than just a total of
four months.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 2019
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK,
Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mrs. LEE of Nevada) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend the Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952 to require
that former members of the uniformed services who were
captured or entered a missing-in-action status during
the Korean War while serving as a member of a combat
unit in Korea receive combat pay for each month spent
in a captured or missing-in-action status, rather than
just a total of four months.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Never Forgotten Ko-
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rean War POW Act’’.
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SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF ENTIRE PERIOD SPENT IN A CAP-
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TURED OR MISSING-IN-ACTION STATUS DUR-
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ING THE KOREAN WAR FOR RECEIPT OF
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COMBAT PAY.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 704(b) of the Combat
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Duty Pay Act of 1952 (title VII of Department of Defense
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Appropriation Act, 1953; 66 Stat. 539) is amended by
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striking ‘‘for not more than three months thereafter’’ and
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inserting ‘‘for each month thereafter’’.
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(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—
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(1) COVERED PERSONS.—Section 704(b) of the
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Combat Duty Pay Act of 1952, as amended by sub-
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section (a), applies only with respect to a former
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member of the uniformed services who received com-
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bat pay under such section and who is alive as of
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the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(2) COMBAT PAY AMOUNT.—In determining the
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actual amount to be paid to a former member of the
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uniformed services covered by paragraph (1), the
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Secretary of Defense shall increase the amount de-
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termined under section 704(b) of the Combat Duty
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Pay Act of 1952, as amended by subsection (a),
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using an appropriate inflation adjustment.
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