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36 U.S.C. 148: U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day

Created in 2023 by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31). Not changed since. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

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2023National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024created it

36 U.S.C. 148U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day

The section as a wholeadded

(a)Designation.—March 9 is U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.

(b)Proclamation.—The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation…

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S. 2296National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026passed senate

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This Congress

S. 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · passed senate · would change the section as a whole

How it got here

Unchanged since the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Public Law 118-31 (Dec 22, 2023).

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.