,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eagb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,johnson of ,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,stivers1 and ,mr4 ,tiberi7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs to review the list
 of veterans designated as former       
prisoners of war1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,pow               
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,review of   
lists of former prisoners of war  7a7   
,review of lists of prisoners of war    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall review the ,,va ,,pow list and the
 ,,dod ,,pow list to identify any       
discrepancies in such lists4  7b7       
,inspector ,general review of process   
,the ,inspector ,general of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
review the process by which the         
,secretary determines that a veteran is 

a former prisoner of war1 including     
whether the ,secretary is following     
guidelines established by the ,secretary
 to determine that a veteran is a former
 prisoner of war4  7c7 ,report ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
submit to ,congress a report on the ,,va
 ,,pow list1 including the following3   
7#a7 ,any discrepancies1 by period of   
conflict1 in the number of prisoners of 
war included on the ,,va ,,pow list and 
the ,,dod ,,pow list4  7#b7 ,with       
respect to veterans included on the ,,va
 ,,pow list who are not included on the 
,,dod ,,pow list1 information regarding 
how such determinations were made1      
including what types of evidence were   
used1 in a manner that does not         
personally identify such veterans4  7#c7
 ,the results of the review of the      
,inspector ,general under subsection    
7b71 without change4  7d7 ,definitions  
,in this section3  7#a7 ,the term ,,dod 

,,pow list means the list maintained by 
the ,secretary of ,defense1 acting      
through the ,defense ,prisoner of       
,war_/,missing ,personnel ,office1 of   
members of the ,armed ,forces who were  
prisoners of war4  7#b7 ,the term ,,va  
,,pow list means the list maintained by 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs of 
veterans whom the ,secretary determines 
are former prisoners of war4