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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S3226119th Congress
Bring Our Heroes Home Act
Sponsored By: Senator Mike Crapo
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a centralized National Archives Collection and process to locate, declassify, and publicly release records about missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel, with narrow privacy and national-security exceptions. It pairs a new independent Review Board with firm timelines and agency duties to speed transmission and disclosure of missing-person records while protecting sensitive material.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Agency Duties and Record Protections
If enacted, every government office would have to search for missing military and civilian personnel records it holds and make copies in Archivist-approved formats. Office heads would certify under penalty of perjury whether they conducted thorough searches and transmitted records. The bill would ban destroying, altering, or mutilating any missing record. It would also stop agencies from reclassifying or hiding information that was already public before enactment.
New Review Board and Funding
If enacted, this bill would create a five-member Review Board to locate and review missing Armed Forces and civilian personnel records. The President would appoint members and the Senate would confirm them. The Board could issue subpoenas, require reports, and must decide compliance within two years and end four years after members are sworn in. The bill would also authorize such sums as are necessary to run the Board and its work, with staff pay capped at an Executive Schedule level.
Archives Collection, Release, and Review
If enacted, the Archivist would create a centralized Missing Records Collection and set file formats and privacy rules within 90 days after the Review Board has a quorum. The Archivist must locate classified missing records in the National Archives within 270 days after a quorum and make them available for review. The Archivist would define what counts as a "substantially redacted" record. Agencies that want to heavily redact must send an unclassified report explaining the grave harm that would follow release. The bill would also set standards for delaying disclosure, including a 25-year threshold with tighter rules for older records.
POW and Casualty Office Exemptions
If enacted, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency could keep case files private for specific cases it is actively investigating or developing to locate or identify missing members. The bill would also let Department of Defense and State casualty offices withhold documents they hold while they are assisting families. These exemptions aim to protect investigations and family privacy but would limit public access to some case records.
President's Final Say on Records
If enacted, after the Review Board issues a determination, the President would have the sole, nondelegable authority to require disclosure or to approve postponement for records developed only within the executive branch. The President would have to give an unclassified written certification to the Review Board within 30 days explaining the decision and any grounds for postponement.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Tammy Duckworth
IL • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Raphael Warnock
GA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
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