House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Official title: To provide for the creation of the missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel Records Collection at the National Archives, to require the expeditious public transmission to the Archivist and public disclosure of missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6723.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 211, December 15, 2025, Pages H5899-H5900):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6723, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5d3fd394e21326361aedcc3451c0d2a151a7dcecf26779b9051cf6f8c83abb6d
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 2954 (119th) Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
- H.R. 4413 (119th) End the Cyprus Embargo Act
- H.R. 8019 (119th) U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026
- H.R. 1732 (119th) GUARD VA Benefits Act
- H.R. 4197 (119th) LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3226 (119th) Bring Our Heroes Home ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.