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
Introduction
Jul 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 13, 2023
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
3
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.
upper
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.
upper
Jul 13, 2023
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
upper
Jul 13, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Crapo
RRepublican
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
Co
Gary C. Peters
DDemocratic
Co
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
Jeanne Shaheen
DDemocratic
Co
John Thune
RRepublican
Co
Jon Ossoff
DDemocratic
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