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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1318

Official text excerpt

119 S1318 IS: Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act 
 U.S. Senate 
 2025-04-07 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1318 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 7, 2025 Mr. Moran (for himself, Ms. Rosen , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Cornyn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a program to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried in United States military cemeteries overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) An estimated 900 American-Jewish servicemembers of the Armed Forces killed in World War I and World War II and buried overseas in United States military cemeteries were, for various reasons, mistakenly buried under Latin Crosses. In most instances, those mistakes were made inadvertently. (2) In 2022, more than 2,000,000 people visited the United States World War I and World War II cemeteries in foreign countries. (3) American-Jewish servicemembers played a vital role in the Allied victories in World War I and World War II. (4) American-Jewish servicemembers who fought and died for the United States must have their heritage properly recognized and honored. (5) The United States Government has a solemn responsibility to ensure that every American servicemember killed in action and buried overseas is properly honored. (6) The work of properly identifying American-Jewish servicemembers buried overseas is vital and integral to the responsibility of the American Battle Monuments Commission to ensure that past mistakes in honoring those servicemembe…

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