HR 2540 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

Introduced Jun 19, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Juanita Millender-McDonald D-CA

Latest action · Jun 19, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 19, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2003 to Sep 23, 2004; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Jun 19, 2003
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 16, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jul 16, 2003
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Jul 16, 2003
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jul 16, 2003
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jul 16, 2003
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Jul 16, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 16, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley		Jul 16, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green		Jul 16, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		Jul 16, 2003
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Jul 16, 2003
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Jul 16, 2003
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jul 16, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jul 16, 2003
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 16, 2003
R-CO	Scott McInnis		Jul 16, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jul 16, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Jul 16, 2003
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 16, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Jul 16, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Jul 22, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 22, 2003
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jul 22, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Jul 22, 2003
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jul 22, 2003
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jul 22, 2003
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Jul 25, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jul 25, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 25, 2003
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Sep 9, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Sep 9, 2003
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Sep 30, 2003
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 30, 2003
R-CA	Doug Ose		Nov 17, 2003
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Nov 17, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Nov 17, 2003
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Nov 21, 2003
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Nov 21, 2003
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Nov 21, 2003
D-CA	Jane Harman		Jan 28, 2004
D-CO	Mark Udall		Jan 28, 2004
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Feb 24, 2004
R-MO	Sam Graves		Sep 23, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jun 19, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 19, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1309	Rob Simmons R-CT	Jun 20, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress regarding the requirements applicable to the inscription of veterans' names on the memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 19, 2003Introduced in House

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