Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to action that should be taken to account for Americans listed as missing in action from the Korean conflict.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should formally request North Korea to undertake a search for, and provide an accounting of, the whereabouts or fate of the 8,177 Americans listed as missing in action from the Korean conflict.

 
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HCON 2 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 2
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to action that should be
taken to account for Americans listed as missing in action from the Korean
conflict.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and Mr. MONTGOMERY) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to action that should be
taken to account for Americans listed as missing in action from the Korean
conflict.
Whereas the United States Government has a responsibility to achieve the
most accurate possible accounting of Americans missing and unaccounted for
while serving their country;
Whereas some progress is being made toward achieving such an accounting with
regard to Americans listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia;
Whereas the Department of Defense reports that 8,177 Americans are unaccounted
for from the hostilities in Korea during the period 1950-1953;
Whereas the Department of Defense further reports that of those still
unaccounted for, 389 were prisoners of war known to have been alive, but in
Korean custody, before the 1953 cease-fire;
Whereas the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has repatriated some, but
not all, of the remains of American citizens who served in the Korean conflict;
Whereas the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has never provided the
remains, or an accounting, of the 8,177 Americans still unaccounted for or
of the 389 missing prisoners of war since the cessation of hostilities in 1953;
Whereas there remains a possibility that American citizens listed as missing
in action after the Korean conflict are still alive;
Whereas there remains a possibility that American citizens known to have
been prisoners of war during the Korean conflict are still alive and held
in captivity;
Whereas the Government of the United States deals only with the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea through the Military Armistice Commission at
Panmunjom, Korea; and
Whereas the Government of the United States has a moral obligation to expend
every effort to obtain a full accounting of the fate or whereabouts of the
8,177 Americans still listed as missing in action from the conflict in Korea:
Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it
  is the sense of the Congress that the President should formally request
  the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to undertake a search for, and
  provide an accounting of, the whereabouts or fate of the 8,177 Americans
  listed as missing in action from the conflict in Korea.