United States · Bill · S
S. 1818 (93rd)
A bill authorizing certain members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were captured and held by an enemy force during the Vietnam conflict to enter, without charge, certain designated units of the National Park System and National Recreation Areas.
Introduced
15 May 1973
Last action
15 May 1973 · Introduced
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Gurney, Edward J. [R-FL], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI], Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE], Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND], Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID], Sen. Bible, Alan [D-NV], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Authorizes specified members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were captured and held by an enemy force during the Vietnam conflict to enter, without charge, certain designated units of the National Park System and national recreation areas.
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Timeline
15 May 1973
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
15 May 1973
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 15 May 1973
Sponsors
- Sen. Gurney, Edward J. [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Pastore, John O. [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bible, Alan [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/1818
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/93/s/1818
- us · 93-s-1818 · source updated 24 March 2026