H.R. 2701 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Cosponsors: 41 (20 D, 21 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-04-07
Latest action (2025-12-09): Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.
What H.R. 2701 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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