H.R. 2701 · Passed House · Armed Forces and National Security

Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act

Sponsor: Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

What it does

• Requires the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program identifying Jewish members of the Armed Forces buried in U.S. military cemeteries outside the United States under non-Jewish markers.
• Directs the commission to contact survivors and descendants of affected service members.
• Authorizes the commission to contract with a nonprofit organization to carry out the program for the first 10 fiscal years after enactment.

Official 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.

Latest action

Dec 9, 2025: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

Committee: House Veterans' Affairs