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HR 2701 · introduced · niche

Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the American Battle Monuments Commission to find Jewish service members buried in overseas U.S. military cemeteries with incorrect religious markers.
  • Jewish families of deceased service members are affected, as the program will contact survivors and descendants.
  • The commission must contract with a nonprofit organization to run the program for up to 10 years after the bill passes.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should the American Battle Monuments Commission verify which service members' religious markers are incorrectly labeled without access to comprehensive historical records?

  2. 02

    What criteria should determine whether a nonprofit contractor is qualified to identify and contact descendants of deceased Jewish service members across multiple countries?

  3. 03

    How would the 10-year program duration and associated costs balance against the number of service members whose markers are actually found to be incorrect?

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Sponsor · D-FL-25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Introduced 2025-12-09

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-09 · senate · Calendars

    Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

  2. 2025-09-16 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate.

  3. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4294)

  5. 2025-09-15 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4294: 1)

  6. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2701.

  7. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4294)

  8. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  9. 2025-09-09 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 214.

  10. 2025-09-09 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-258.

  11. 2025-09-09 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-258.

  12. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  13. 2025-07-23 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  14. 2025-07-03 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged

  15. 2025-06-24 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held

  16. 2025-04-21 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

  17. 2025-04-07 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  18. 2025-04-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  19. 2025-04-07 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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