S 2315 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

The "Bring Our Heroes Home Act" creates a system to identify, collect, and make publicly available records about missing military personnel and civilian personnel who went missing between December 7, 1941, and the bill's enactment date. It requires federal agencies to identify and transmit these records to the National Archives within 180 days (with full completion within one year), and establishes a Review Board to oversee the process and make decisions about disclosure. The bill creates a presumption that such records should be declassified and made public, with only narrow exceptions for national security or privacy concerns, and mandates periodic reviews of any records that remain withheld. This primarily affects federal agencies that hold records related to missing military personnel and civilian personnel, aiming to provide families and the public with greater access to information about missing individuals.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jul 2023
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Introduced Jul 13, 2023 Last action Dec 19, 2024
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Dec 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-310.
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Nov 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Jul 13, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Jul 13, 2023
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1 primary · 14 co-sponsors

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