Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
This bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dustoff crews who served during the Vietnam War, recognizing their life-saving medical evacuations. The medal, to be designed by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, will be displayed at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum. The bill honors the approximately 900,000 wounded personnel these crews transported over the course of the Vietnam War, including U.S., South Vietnamese, and allied forces, who relied on their rapid medical evacuation services.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
Sep 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced Sep 14, 2023
Signed Sep 26, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Sep 26, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Sep 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5248-5249)
lower
May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3666-3667)
upper
May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3666-3667)
upper
May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Sep 14, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
upper
Sep 14, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 70 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
Co
Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
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