[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4496]
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  SA 2207. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     authorize the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall 
     in the District of Columbia of the names of the 74 crew 
     members of the U.S.S. Frank E. Evans in service who were 
     killed on June 3, 1969.
       (b) Required Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     consult with the Secretary of the Interior, the American 
     Battlefield Monuments Commission, and other applicable 
     authorities with respect to any adjustments to the 
     nomenclature and placement of names pursuant to subsection 
     (a) to address any space limitations on the placement of 
     additional names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
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