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H.R. 5945: USS Frank E. Evans Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-11-07 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: 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.

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USS Frank E. Evans Act

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USS Frank E. Evans Act This bill requires the Department of Defense to authorize inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the District of Columbia of the names of the 74 crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.

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USS Frank E. Evans Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] · 21 cosponsors

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Judy Chu (D-CA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Don Bacon (R-NE), Josh Riley (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Ben Cline (R-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] reported raising $2.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr5945 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills