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H.R. 1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act

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H.R. 1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-19 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-230.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-230. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 14, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Inc., to construct a Wall of Remembrance at the site of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. The wall shall include a list of names of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in the Korean War, as determined by the Department of Defense (DOD). DOD shall: (1) establish eligibility criteria for the inclusion of names on the wall, and (2) provide to the Department of the Interior a final list of names for inclusion on the wall. The wall may include other information about the Korean War, including the number of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations Command who were killed in action, were wounded in action, are listed as missing in action, or were prisoners of war with regard to such war. The Commemorative Works Act shall apply to the wall. The bill prohibits using any federal funds to construct the wall.

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Official text

Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] · 309 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1475, Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2016 (2016-02-22); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1475, Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act (2016-08-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), James A. Himes (D-CT), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS) and 249 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1475 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114