H.R. 4511 — 114th Congress

Gold Star Families Voices Act

Originated in the House · Introduced Feb 9, 2016 · Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

Nov 28, 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-246.

CRS summary

As of Nov 28, 2016

Public Law

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Gold Star Families Voices Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to require the veterans oral history program to include the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who became missing in action or who died as a result of their wartime service.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Nov 15, 2016 · On Passage of the Bill

Full roll call

Bill Passed (97–0)

Yea97: 51 R · 43 D · 3 I

MemberPartyState
Barbara BoxerDemocratCA
Dianne FeinsteinDemocratCA
Michael F. BennetDemocratCO
Christopher MurphyDemocratCT
Richard BlumenthalDemocratCT
Christopher A. CoonsDemocratDE
Thomas R. CarperDemocratDE
Bill NelsonDemocratFL
Brian SchatzDemocratHI
Mazie K. HironoDemocratHI
Richard J. DurbinDemocratIL
Joe DonnellyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
Elizabeth WarrenDemocratMA
Barbara A. MikulskiDemocratMD
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
Gary C. PetersDemocratMI
Al FrankenDemocratMN
Amy KlobucharDemocratMN
Claire McCaskillDemocratMO
Jon TesterDemocratMT
Heidi HeitkampDemocratND
Jeanne ShaheenDemocratNH
Cory A. BookerDemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Martin HeinrichDemocratNM
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Harry ReidDemocratNV
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Kirsten E. GillibrandDemocratNY
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Jeff MerkleyDemocratOR
Ron WydenDemocratOR
Robert P. Casey, Jr.DemocratPA
Jack ReedDemocratRI
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocratRI
Mark R. WarnerDemocratVA
Tim KaineDemocratVA
Patrick J. LeahyDemocratVT
Maria CantwellDemocratWA
Patty MurrayDemocratWA
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Angus S. King, Jr.IndependentME
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Joe Manchin, IIIIndependentWV
Dan SullivanRepublicanAK
Lisa MurkowskiRepublicanAK
Richard C. ShelbyRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Tom CottonRepublicanAR
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
John McCainRepublicanAZ
Cory GardnerRepublicanCO
Marco RubioRepublicanFL
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Chuck GrassleyRepublicanIA
Joni ErnstRepublicanIA
James E. RischRepublicanID
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Daniel CoatsRepublicanIN
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Pat RobertsRepublicanKS
Mitch McConnellRepublicanKY
Rand PaulRepublicanKY
Bill CassidyRepublicanLA
David VitterRepublicanLA
Susan M. CollinsRepublicanME
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Thad CochranRepublicanMS
Steve DainesRepublicanMT
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Thom TillisRepublicanNC
John HoevenRepublicanND
Ben SasseRepublicanNE
Deb FischerRepublicanNE
Kelly AyotteRepublicanNH
Dean HellerRepublicanNV
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
James LankfordRepublicanOK
James M. InhofeRepublicanOK
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
Tim ScottRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
Mike RoundsRepublicanSD
Bob CorkerRepublicanTN
Lamar AlexanderRepublicanTN
John CornynRepublicanTX
Mike LeeRepublicanUT
Orrin G. HatchRepublicanUT
Ron JohnsonRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV
John BarrassoRepublicanWY
Michael B. EnziRepublicanWY

Not Voting3: 3 R

MemberPartyState
Jeff SessionsRepublicanAL
David PerdueRepublicanGA
Ted CruzRepublicanTX

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