Govoptes

HR 2701 · Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act

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

Introduced
Apr 7, 2025
Latest action
Dec 9, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL-25]
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Cosponsors
41

Summary

Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act This bill requires the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) to establish the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Program to identify deceased members of the Armed Forces who were Jewish and buried in a U.S. military cemetery located outside of the United States under a marker indicating the member was not Jewish. The program must contact survivors and descendants of such members. The ABMC must seek to enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization to carry out the program during the first 10 fiscal years beginning after the date of enactment of the bill.

Recent actions

  1. Dec 9, 2025 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.
  2. Sep 16, 2025 Received in the Senate.
  3. Sep 15, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Sep 15, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4294)
  5. Sep 15, 2025 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. Sep 15, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2701.
  7. Sep 15, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4294)
  8. Sep 15, 2025 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Votes

No recorded votes are available for this bill.

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