HR 5945 · in committee · symbolic
USS Frank E. Evans Act
- veterans
What this bill does
- The bill requires the Department of Defense to add 74 USS Frank E. Evans crew members to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
- Vietnam War veterans and their families are affected by this memorial recognition.
- The bill has no fiscal cost and directs the Defense Department to authorize the names immediately.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
What criteria should determine which service members from past conflicts are added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall?
- 02
How does adding these 74 names decades after the USS Frank E. Evans incident affect the memorial's historical accuracy and completeness?
- 03
What process should the Defense Department follow to verify and authorize these additions to ensure the memorial remains authoritative?
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Sponsor · R-NE-1
Mike Flood
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
19/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-11-07
Joining the bill

Jefferson Van Drew
D-NJ-2 · original

Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44 · original

Joe Courtney
D-CT-2 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Pete Stauber
R-MN-8 · original

Brad Sherman
D-CA-32 · original

Robert Garcia
D-CA-42 · original

Mike Thompson
D-CA-4 · original

Mike Levin
D-CA-49 · original

Adrian Smith
R-NE-3

Eugene Simon Vindman
D-VA-7

Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19
+ 7 more
Legislative timeline
2025-11-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-11-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-11-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-11-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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