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HR 1172 110th Congress House

Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: March 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security CommemorationsCongressional reporting requirementsDistrict of ColumbiaGovernmental investigations
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HistoryMilitary historyMonuments and memorialsVietnam veteransVietnamese ConflictWar casualties
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 16, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 16, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
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.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 22, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1172: Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1172/
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"H.R. 1172: Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1172/.
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