US Congress House Bill 1494 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-13)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-07-23 - Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) review the logs of each Navy ship known to have operated in the waters near Vietnam during the Vietnam Era (January 9, 1962, through May 7, 1975); (2) determine, for each such ship, the date(s) so operated and its closest proximity to shore during such operation; and (3) provide such information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the VA Secretary to make such unclassified information publicly available.

Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-23	House	Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.
2013-06-28	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-04-11	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-04-11	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-04-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1494/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1494/BILLS-113hr1494ih.pdf