# 114-hr-4511: Gold Star Families Voices Act

114-hr-4511, Gold Star Families Voices Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ); status Became Public Law No: 114-246. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4511
- Congress: 114
- Title: Gold Star Families Voices Act
- Status: Became Public Law No: 114-246.
- Introduced: 2016-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Gold Star Families Voices Act 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.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] (R-NJ), 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2016-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- ROBERT GOODLATTE (R-VA), 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4511 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4511)

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