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H.R. 1494: Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

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H.R. 1494: Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

Plain summary

Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) review the logs of each Navy ship known to have operated in the waters near Vietnam during the Vietnam Era (January 9, 1962, through May 7, 1975); (2) determine, for each such ship, the date(s) so operated and its closest proximity to shore during such operation; and (3) provide such information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA). Requires the VA Secretary to make such unclassified information publicly available.

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Official text

Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), John B. Larson (D-CT), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr1494 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113