Bring Our Heroes Home Act
- Last Action
- 5/5/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-05Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- 2023-05-05Introduced in House
- 2023-05-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-05 (00)
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, in accordance with the criteria and acceptable formats established by 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.
Cosponsors (4)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)
- MICHAEL SIMPSON (R-ID)
- Bradley Schneider (D-IL)
Subjects
- 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
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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