HR 2540 · 108th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

Introduced 2003-06-19· Sponsored by Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]· House

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Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.(2003-06-19)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress: (1) to identify veterans who died after October 31, 1955, as a result of military operations in southeast Asia whose names are not eligible for inscription on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; and (2) on the feasibility and equitability of revising the eligibility requirements to be more inclusive of such veterans or of creating an alternative means for recognizing them, including alternatives involving an education center at the Memorial.…

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Cosponsors (20)

9 Democrats11 Republicans
Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]CT
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]CA
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]GA
Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]FL
Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]CT
Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]TX
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]SC
Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]MD
Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]LA
Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24]TX
Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]CA
Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]WI
Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]NE
Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]OH
Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]CO
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]MA
Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]TX
Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]CA
Rep. Schrock, Edward L. [R-VA-2]VA