HR 6723 United States House · 119th Congress

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

This bill requires all federal agencies to identify, preserve, and transmit records related to missing military personnel and civilian employees to the National Archives for public access. It establishes a Missing Armed Forces and Civilian Personnel Records Review Board to oversee the process, determine which records can be disclosed, and handle exceptions for national security reasons. The bill mandates that most records be made public within 1 year of the Review Board's establishment, with specific deadlines for agencies to complete the process. It directly affects families of missing personnel by providing access to historical records about their loved ones' fate and government efforts to account for them. The law creates a new collection at the National Archives and requires agencies to disclose records unless national security concerns outweigh the public interest in disclosure.
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Introduced Dec 15, 2025 Last action Dec 15, 2025
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