Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (Republican-KS)April 7, 2025

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Creates a program to find and correct burial markers for American-Jewish servicemembers buried overseas.

This bill would create a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers from World War I and World War II who were mistakenly buried overseas under incorrect religious markers. The program would work to find these servicemembers and contact their families, aiming to properly recognize their heritage.

What Would Change

Today, an estimated 900 American-Jewish servicemembers from World War I and World War II are buried overseas under incorrect religious markers, and no specific program exists to address this or contact their families. If this bill becomes law, the American Battle Monuments Commission would start a 10-year program to identify these servicemembers and contact their survivors and descendants, with $500,000 set aside each year to fund the effort and contract with a nonprofit organization.

Key Provisions

Creates a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried overseas under incorrect religious markers.
Requires the American Battle Monuments Commission to contact the families of these identified servicemembers.
Runs this identification and family contact program for 10 government budget years.
Lets the Commission sign annual $500,000 contracts with nonprofit groups to help with the program.
Sets aside $500,000 each year for 10 years to pay for the program.