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Vietnam Veterans National Medal Act

Public Law 98-566 · H.R. 1870 · 98th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 30, 1984 · Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Frank Annunzio (D-IL-11)

Cosponsors (246): Rep. Gary Ackerman, Rep. Jim Bates,

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 410 yea, 0 nay410–0
SenateVoice vote

Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Vietnam Veterans National Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to coin and sell a medal in honor of the members and former members of the Armed Forces who served in Vietnam. Declares that the Secretary shall offer such medals for sale to the public at a price sufficient to cover the cost of minting and distributing of such medals.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 98th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 410 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

410 yea0 nay23 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(251)

Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Sala BurtonD-CA-5
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-18
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-6
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-20
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Katie HallD-IN-1
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
Rep. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-18
Rep. Frank HarrisonD-PA-11
Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-21
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-22
Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Harry ReidD-NV-1
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. James McNultyD-AZ-5
Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-8
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Jim BatesD-CA-44
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
Rep. James WeaverD-OR-4
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Charles DowdyD-MS-4
Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-6
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. Cecil HeftelD-HI-1
Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Charles BrittD-NC-6
Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-14
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Timothy PennyD-MN-1
Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-23
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
Rep. Buddy MacKayD-FL-6
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Tim ValentineD-NC-2
Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-10
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. William PatmanD-TX-14
Rep. Tommy VandergriffD-TX-26
Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Richard RayD-GA-3
Rep. Sam HallD-TX-1
Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4
Rep. Dan DanielD-VA-5
Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17

Republicans who voted yea(159)

Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
Rep. Lyle WilliamsR-OH-17
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. John McKernanR-ME-1
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-4
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
Rep. George WortleyR-NY-27
Rep. George WhitehurstR-VA-2
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. James CourterR-NJ-12
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
Rep. William FranklinR-MS-2
Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. Edwin BethuneR-AR-2
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jack KempR-NY-31
Rep. Edwin ZschauR-CA-12
Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
Rep. Edwin ForsytheR-NJ-13
Rep. John McCainR-AZ-1
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-13
Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4
Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-14
Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. Eugene ChappieR-CA-2
Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
Rep. Mike DeWineR-OH-7
Rep. Eldon RuddR-AZ-4
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
Rep. Judd GreggR-NH-2
Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-30
Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
Rep. Steve BartlettR-TX-3
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Connie MackR-FL-13
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. Daniel LungrenR-CA-42
Rep. Howard NielsonR-UT-3
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Robert BadhamR-CA-40
Rep. Thomas HartnettR-SC-1
Rep. Phil GrammR-TX-6
Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
Rep. Robert StumpR-AZ-3
Rep. Denny SmithR-OR-5
Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Rep. Daniel CraneR-IL-19
Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-22

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 367 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Financial Services Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Consumer Affairs and Coinage Subcommittee
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · Senate · markup by, referred to, reported by

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

Oct 30, 1984Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 98-566.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Oct 18, 1984PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
Oct 9, 1984FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Nov 2, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Oct 19, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Oct 18, 1983FloorFloor · Passed House by Yea-Nay Vote: 410 - 0 (Record Vote No: 388).House roll call 388
Oct 17, 1983FloorFloor · Considered by House Unfinished Business. Vote Postponed Until Oct 18, 83.
CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Financial Services Committee
Sep 27, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Consumer Affairs and Coinage Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee
CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Consumer Affairs and Coinage Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee
Mar 3, 1983CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Financial Services Committee
IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House

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Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.