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H. Rept. 114-410 1 (2016-02-01)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-410 NATIONAL POW/MIA REMEMBRANCE ACT OF 2015 FEBRUARY 1, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, from the Committee on House Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1670] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1670) to direct the Architect of the Capitol to place in the United States Capitol a chair honoring American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action, having considered the same, report favor- ably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 1670, titled the National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015, directs the Architect of the Capitol to place a commemora- tive chair, paid for by private donations, in the United States Cap- itol to honor American Prisoners of War/Missing in Action. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION In recent years, commemorative chairs honoring American Pris- oners of War/Missing in Action have been placed in prominent loca- tions across the United States. This effort has been championed by the veterans' group Rolling Thunder whose stated mission is to: educate the public that many American Prisoners of War were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect the future veterans from being left behind should they be- come Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action. There are currently over 90 Rolling Thunder chapters in the United States, each spon- soring chairs in their state capitols, city halls, and sports arenas. These chairs are meant to represent those prisoners of war and missing in action that are unable to fill them because of their great sacrifice. These chairs also serve as a reminder to us all that there 59-006

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