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Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act of 2002

Introduced: March 7, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1679)
Mar 7, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1678-1679)
Mar 7, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act of 2002 - 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.
What's happening now March 7, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1679)

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 15, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2001: Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2001/
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"S. 2001: Fairness to All Fallen Vietnam War Service Members Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2001/.
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S. 2001, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-2001/.
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