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H.R. 4511Gold Star Families Voices Act
- Sponsor
- Christopher H. Smith [R-NJ-04]
- Cosponsors
- 7 · 5 Republicans · 2 Democrats
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Committees
- Committee on House Administration, Rules and Administration Committee
- Latest action
- Nov 28, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-246.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2016
- Passed the HouseSep 6, 2016
- Passed the SenateNov 15, 2016
- Sent to the PresidentNov 17, 2016
- Became lawNov 28, 2016
(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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 4511 as public Law on Nov 28, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Nov 15, 2016
On Passage of the Bill
H.R. 4511
Bill Passed
97 Yea 0 Nay 3 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanYea
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanYea
- DTammy BaldwinWI · DemocraticYea
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticYea
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticYea
- RBluntMO · RepublicanYea
- DCory A. BookerNJ · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanYea
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticYea
- DBrownOH · DemocraticYea
- RBurrNC · RepublicanYea
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticYea
- RShelley Moore CapitoWV · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticYea
- DCarperDE · DemocraticYea
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticYea
- RBill CassidyLA · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanYea
- RCochranMS · RepublicanYea
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanYea
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RTom CottonAR · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanYea
- RTed CruzTX · RepublicanNot voting
- RSteve DainesMT · RepublicanYea
- DDonnellyIN · DemocraticYea
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticYea
- REnziWY · RepublicanYea
- RJoni ErnstIA · RepublicanYea
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticYea
- RDeb FischerNE · RepublicanYea
- RFlakeAZ · RepublicanYea
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticYea
- RGardnerCO · RepublicanYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticYea
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanYea
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanYea
- RHatchUT · RepublicanYea
- DMartin HeinrichNM · DemocraticYea
- DHeitkampND · DemocraticYea
- RHellerNV · RepublicanYea
- DMazie K. HironoHI · DemocraticYea
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanYea
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanYea
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanYea
- DTim KaineVA · DemocraticYea
- IAngus S. King, Jr.ME · IndependentYea
- RKirkIL · RepublicanYea
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticYea
- RJames LankfordOK · RepublicanYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticYea
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanYea
- DManchinWV · DemocraticYea
- DEdward J. MarkeyMA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanYea
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticYea
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanYea
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticYea
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticYea
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanYea
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanYea
- DChristopher MurphyCT · DemocraticYea
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticYea
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticYea
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanYea
- RPerdueGA · RepublicanNot voting
- DGary C. PetersMI · DemocraticYea
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DReidNV · DemocraticYea
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanYea
- RMike RoundsSD · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanYea
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentYea
- RSasseNE · RepublicanYea
- DBrian SchatzHI · DemocraticYea
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticYea
- RTim ScottSC · RepublicanYea
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanNot voting
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticYea
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanYea
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticYea
- RDan SullivanAK · RepublicanRunning in 2026Yea
- DTesterMT · DemocraticYea
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanYea
- RThom TillisNC · RepublicanYea
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticYea
- RVitterLA · RepublicanYea
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DElizabeth WarrenMA · DemocraticYea
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticYea
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanYea
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticYea
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 4511 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.
RLynn Jenkins [R-KS-02]
RThomas MacArthur [R-NJ-03]
RPete Olson [R-TX-22]
DElizabeth Esty [D-CT-05]
RScott Perry [R-PA-04]
DMarcy Kaptur [D-OH-09]
RROBERT GOODLATTE [R-VA-06]