Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial Act

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2206 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2206

To designate a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial at
Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 22, 2003

Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Lewis of California, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Issa,
and Mr. Baca) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To designate a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Memorial at
Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Prisoner of War/Missing in Action
National Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PRISONER OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION NATIONAL
MEMORIAL, RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY, RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The most reliable statistics regarding the number of
members of the United States Armed Forces who have been held as
prisoners of war or listed as missing in action indicate that
more than 586,000 members of the Armed Forces have been taken
prisoner since the American Revolution and more than 89,000
members have been listed as missing.
(2) The Department of Defense continues to locate and
identify the remains of members of the Armed Forces who have
been missing in action since the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
(3) The United States currently lacks a national memorial
dedicated to the bravery and sacrifice of those members of the
Armed Forces who have been held as prisoners of war and listed
as missing in action.
(4) An appropriate memorial to former prisoners of war and
members of the Armed Forces listed as missing in action,
including those who remain unaccounted for, is under
construction at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside,
California.
(5) The memorial will honor all those members of the Armed
Forces who have been held as prisoners of war or listed as
missing in action and is dedicated to the memory of those
members who remain missing in action.
(b) Designation.--The memorial to former prisoners of war and
members of the Armed Forces listed as missing in action that is under
construction at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California,
is hereby designated as the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National
Memorial.
(c) Effect of Designation.--The national memorial designated by
this section is not a unit of the National Park System, and the
designation of the national memorial shall not be construed to require
or permit Federal funds (other than any funds provided for as of the
date of the enactment of this Act) to be expended for any purpose
related to the national memorial.
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