Requires federal agencies to transmit records about missing U.S. military and civilian personnel to the National Archives and establishes a review board to decide what can be made public.

Official title: Bring Our Heroes Home Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 19-NOV-2025

Referred 19-NOV-2025

Approved by committee 06-AUG-2026

Key points

Creates a Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Collection at the National Archives and requires agencies to transmit covered records to it within set deadlines.
Creates a five-member Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Review Board that decides whether records stay postponed from public disclosure.
Limits postponement to narrow grounds such as intelligence sources, military plans, and personal privacy, and presumes records are declassified and disclosed within 10 years unless the President certifies otherwise.
Sunsets the review board four years after its members are sworn in, while the remaining provisions continue until the Archivist certifies that all records are public.

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Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Mike Crapo (R-ID) Cosponsors · 13

■ 10 D■ 2 R■ 1 I

10 Democrats

2 Republicans

1 Independent

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