Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Servicemembers 
Religious Heritage Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 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 inadvert-
ently. 
(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 herit-
age properly recognized and honored. 
(5) The United States Government has a solemn 
responsibility to ensure that every American service-
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member killed in action and buried overseas is prop-
erly 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 servicemembers who died in the line 
of duty are corrected. 
SEC. 3. FALLEN SERVICEMEMBERS RELIGIOUS HERITAGE 
RESTORATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The American Battle Monu-
ments Commission shall establish a program to identify 
covered members and to contact survivors and descendants 
of such covered members. Such program shall be known as 
the ‘‘Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration 
Program’’. 
(b) DURATION.—The Commission shall carry out the 
Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Pro-
gram during the first five fiscal years that begin after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONTRACTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—During each fiscal year de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Commission shall seek to 
enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization 
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under which such nonprofit organization shall carry 
out the purpose described in subsection (a). 
(2) TERM; AMOUNT.—Each contract under this 
subsection shall be for one year and in the amount of 
$500,000 to the nonprofit organization. 
(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding a contract under 
this subsection, the Commission shall give priority to 
a nonprofit organization that has demonstrated capa-
bility and expertise in carrying out the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Commission $500,000 for each fiscal year described in 
subsection (b). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a de-
ceased member of the Armed Forces who was Jewish 
and buried— 
(A) in a United States military cemetery 
located outside the United States; and 
(B) under a marker that indicates such 
member was not Jewish. 
(2) The term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an 
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the In-
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ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 31, 2032’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 214 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2701 
[Report No. 119–258] 
A BILL 
To direct the American Battle Monuments Commis-
sion 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. 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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