S 2794
116th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Advisory bodies
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Libraries and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missing persons
National Archives and Records Administration
North Korea
Personnel records
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Bring Our Heroes Home Act
This bill establishes at the National Archives a collection of records that relate to the fate or status of missing Armed Forces personnel.
Each government office must identify and locate such records in its possession and transmit them to the Archives.
The bill establishes a temporary board to ensure and facilitate the review, transmission, and public disclosure of such records.
The bill generally makes such records public, with specified exceptions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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