[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5647. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 58___. GAO FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE INCLUSION ON THE 
                   VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL OF THE NAMES OF 
                   THE LOST CREW MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. FRANK E. 
                   EVANS KILLED ON JUNE 3, 1969.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
     including on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the 
     District of Columbia the names of the 74 crew members of the 
     U.S.S. Frank E. Evans who were killed on June 3, 1969.
       (b) Inclusions.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include a determination by the Comptroller General of 
     the United States on--
       (1) the cost of including on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
     Wall the names of the 74 crew members; and
       (2) whether there is sufficient space on the Vietnam 
     Veterans Memorial Wall for the inclusion of the names of the 
     74 crew members.
       (c) Consultation Required.--In conducting the study under 
     subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall consult with--
       (1) the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, including 
     the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior;
       (2) members of the Frank E. Evans Association;
       (3) survivors of the event on June 3, 1969; and
       (4) family members of the crew members of the U.S.S. Frank 
     E. Evans who were killed on June 3, 1969.
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