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HI HB564

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2015

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Lopresti

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates unspecified funds from general revenues for fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

  • Directs the State Department of Defense to expend appropriated sums for programs, ceremonies, and activities honoring Vietnam War veterans, fallen service members, wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and those unaccounted for.

  • References President Obama's proclamation designating May 28, 2012, through November 11, 2025, as the official Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Vietnam War.

  • Acknowledges that over 58,000 U.S. Armed Forces members were killed in Vietnam, over 153,000 wounded, and 1,638 remain unaccounted for as of 2014.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Vietnam War; 50th Anniversary ($)

Last Action

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

3/25/2015

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means3/25/2015
Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/10/2015
Finance2/18/2015
Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts1/28/2015

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