Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Take action
Record your position on this measure.
Create an account to record your position, submit testimony, or contact your legislator.
Progress
Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The Bring Our Heroes Home Act aims to improve the accounting for missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel by establishing a dedicated collection at the National Archives. It requires government agencies to identify and transmit relevant records to the Archivist, with limited exceptions, and mandates the expeditious public disclosure of these records. The Act also creates a Review Board to oversee this process and ensure transparency, while addressing potential privacy concerns and limitations on disclosure.
Key provisions
- Creates the Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Collection at the National Archives.
- Requires government agencies to identify and transmit relevant records to the Archivist.
- Establishes a Review Board to oversee the process and make decisions about record disclosure.
- Defines ‘missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel’ broadly, including those later declared missing and presumed dead.
- Sets deadlines for agencies to prepare and transmit records to the Archivist.
- Allows for postponement of disclosure under specific circumstances, such as national security concerns.
- Requires agencies to certify that they have conducted a thorough search for missing records.
- Mandates periodic review of postponed records to determine if continued postponement is necessary.
Who is affected
- Armed Forces personnel and their families
Bill text
Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.
Text extraction is in progress. View the official source.
Sponsors
Official sponsors from legislative records.
3 on record
Primary sponsor
Cosponsors
Arguments
Reasons offered for and against this legislation.
Arguments in favor
No arguments in favor have been submitted.
Submit yoursArguments opposed
No arguments opposed have been submitted.
Submit yours