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The bill quickly grants formal recognition and closure by adding 74 names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and requires stakeholder consultation, but it short-circuits some established review rules and creates administrative and funding pressure to meet a one-year deadline.
Surviving family members and Vietnam veterans will have the 74 USS Frank E. Evans crew members' names added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial within one year, giving them formal national recognition and emotional closure.
Federal agencies and memorial authorities will be required to consult the Department of the Interior, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the names are placed respectfully and to manage space and nomenclature collaboratively.
Federal review processes and public planning safeguards will be reduced because the bill exempts these actions from the Commemorative Works Act, bypassing established review and potentially limiting public input.
Federal employees and agencies responsible for memorial alterations will face administrative and potential funding pressures to meet the one-year deadline, creating resource strains and expedited timelines.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to authorize adding the 74 USS Frank E. Evans crew names to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall within one year and exempts the action from the Commemorative Works Act.
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 USS Frank E. Evans crew members killed June 3, 1969, to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., within one year of enactment. It directs consultation with the Department of the Interior, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other relevant authorities to resolve naming, placement, and space issues, and exempts these actions from the Commemorative Works Act. The law does not appropriate funds or specify construction details; it only compels authorization, consultation, and an exemption so the names can be added despite normal placement or procedural limits under the Commemorative Works Act.