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The bill quickly honors the USS Frank E. Evans crew by adding their names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and requires consultations to do so respectfully, at the cost of bypassing some standard memorial review procedures and creating short‑term administrative pressure on responsible agencies.
Surviving family members of the 74 USS Frank E. Evans crew and related veterans will have those crew members' names added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial within one year, giving them formal national recognition and a clearer sense of closure.
Veterans, families, and memorial managers will benefit from a required consultation with the Interior Department, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other authorities to ensure the names are placed respectfully and space/nomenclature issues are handled collaboratively.
Veterans, families, memorial stakeholders, and the public may lose some established planning, review, and public‑input safeguards because the name additions are exempted from the Commemorative Works Act and its normal review processes.
Federal employees and agencies responsible for memorial alterations could face administrative and funding strain to meet the one‑year deadline, creating potential resource pressures or rushed work.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to authorize adding the 74 USS Frank E. Evans crew members' names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall within one year, with required consultations and a limited statutory waiver.
Official title: Provide for the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of the names of the lost crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
Introduced November 6, 2025 by Adam Schiff · Last progress November 6, 2025
Requires the Secretary of Defense to authorize adding the names of the 74 crew members of the USS Frank E. Evans, who died on June 3, 1969, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., within one year of enactment. The law directs consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other relevant authorities on name format and placement and waives the Commemorative Works Act for activities taken under this authority to address space limitations. The provision is narrow and ceremonial: it only mandates the addition of specific names to an existing memorial and sets consultation and timing requirements for implementing that addition.