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ID HJM008
JM
Status
3/6/2014
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Urges the House Committee on Rules to consider and send House Resolution 231 to the full House of Representatives for a vote.
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House Resolution 231 seeks to establish a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs to investigate unresolved matters of U.S. personnel missing from World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Notes that 94 members of Congress (52 Republicans and 42 Democrats) have cosponsored House Resolution 231 as of May 22, 2013.
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States that more than 83,000 American service members remain unaccounted for or missing from World War II through the 1991 Gulf War.
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Identifies Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as the nation's only known Operation Enduring Freedom soldier listed as missing/captured, held in Afghanistan at the time of passage.
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Directs the House Chief Clerk to send copies of this memorial to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Idaho's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Stating findings of the Legislature and urging the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules to consider House Resolution 231, urging the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules to send House Resolution 231 to the members of the House of Representatives as a whole and urging Congress representing the State of Idaho to support and vote for House Resolution 231.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 231
Last Action
Delivered to Secretary of State at 4:28 p.m. on March 19, 2014
3/20/2014