,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aa1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,gibson 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,griffin  
of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4     
,kuster1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,brady of  
,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 
,grimm1 ,mr4 ,owens1 ,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of
 ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1
 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,young of 
,alaska1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,mr4 ,poe of       
,texas1 and ,mr4 ,courtney7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,defense to review the operation of     
certain ships during the ,vietnam ,era1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     

title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,blue ,water ,navy ,ship ,accountability
 ,act4  #b4 ,review of operation of     
certain ships during the ,vietnam ,era  
7a7 ,review required ,by not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary of        
,defense shall review the logs of each  
ship under the authority of the         
,secretary of the ,navy that is known to
 have operated in the waters near       
,vietnam during the ,vietnam ,era 7as   
that term is defined in section #aja7bi7
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code7 to
 determine--  7#a7 whether each such    
ship operated in the territorial waters 
of the ,republic of ,vietnam during the 
period beginning on ,january #i1 #aifb1 
and ending on ,may #g1 #aige2 and  7#b7 
for each such ship that so operated--   
7,a7 the date or dates when the ship so 
operated2 and  7,b7 the distance from   
the shore of the location where the ship
 operated that was the closest proximity
 to shore4  7b7 ,provision of           

information to the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs ,upon a determination
 that any such ship so operated1 the    
,secretary of ,defense shall provide    
such determination1 together with the   
information described in subsection     
7a77#b7 about the ship1 to the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4  7c7  
,public availability of information ,the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
make publicly available all unclassified
 information provided to the ,secretary 
under subsection 7b74