H.R. 5945 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
USS Frank E. Evans Act
Cosponsors: 21 (14 D, 7 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-11-07
Latest action (2025-11-07): 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.
What H.R. 5945 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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