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Bring Our Heroes Home Act

USA116th CongressS-2794| Senate 
| Updated: 11/6/2019
Mike Crapo

Mike Crapo

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (13)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Thune (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Jon Tester (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5646
Introduced in House
  • November 6, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • January 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5646
    Introduced in House

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5646: Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Advisory bodiesAsiaChinaDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLibraries and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsMissing personsNational Archives and Records AdministrationNorth KoreaPersonnel recordsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRussia

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

USA116th CongressS-2794| Senate 
| Updated: 11/6/2019
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.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 16, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-5646
Introduced in House
  • November 6, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • January 16, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-5646
    Introduced in House
Mike Crapo

Mike Crapo

Republican Senator

Idaho

Cosponsors (13)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Rick Scott (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)James E. Risch (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)John Thune (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Jon Tester (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Armed Forces and National Security

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5646: Bring Our Heroes Home Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesAsiaChinaDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsLibraries and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsMissing personsNational Archives and Records AdministrationNorth KoreaPersonnel recordsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRussia