House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee actionJul 3, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2025 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2701.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2701, Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act” on August 8, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 23, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61640
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2701, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-258 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 9, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/258
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2701, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2701, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
41 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 20 Democrats
21 of 41 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Kat Cammack (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), David Kustoff (R-TN), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA) and 11 more.
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Related bills
- S. 1318 (119th) Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActRelated bill
- H.R. 9237 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
- S. 4744 (119th) Take Care of America’s Veterans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.