S 3131 United States Senate · 119th Congress

USS Frank E. Evans Act

S 3131, the USS Frank E. Evans Act, requires the Secretary of Defense to add the names of 74 crew members lost when the USS Frank E. Evans sank on June 3, 1969, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., within one year of the bill's enactment. The bill mandates consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other authorities to address space limitations for adding these names. It explicitly states that the Commemorative Works Act does not apply to this memorial addition. The bill directly affects the families of the 74 crew members by ensuring their names are commemorated on the memorial.
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Nov 2025
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Introduced Nov 6, 2025 Last action Jul 21, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
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Nov 6, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Nov 6, 2025
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