,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #bib #aaith         
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bgja
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,september #af1 #bjbe
 ,received  ,december #i1 #bjbe,read    
twice and placed on the calendar  ,,an  
,,act  ,to direct the ,american ,battle 
,monuments ,commission to establish a   
program to identify ,american-,jewish   
servicemembers buried in ,united ,states
 military cemeteries overseas under     
markers that incorrectly represent their
 religion and heritage1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fallen             
,servicemembers ,religious ,heritage    
,restoration ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,an 
estimated #ijj ,american-,jewish        
servicemembers of the ,armed ,forces1   
killed in ,world ,war ,i and ,world ,war
 ,,ii and buried overseas in ,united    
,states military cemeteries were1 for   
various reasons1 mistakenly buried under
 ,latin ,crosses4 ,in most instances1   

those mistakes were made inadvertently4 
7#b7 ,in #bjbb1 more than #b1jjj1jjj    
people visited the ,united ,states      
,world ,war ,i and ,world ,war ,,ii     
cemeteries in foreign countries4  7#c7  
,american-,jewish servicemembers played 
a vital role in the ,allied victories in
 ,world ,war ,i and ,world ,war ,,ii4   
7#d7 ,american-,jewish servicemembers   
who fought and died for the ,united     
,states must have their heritage        
properly recognized and honored4  7#e7  
,the ,united ,states ,government has a  
solemn responsibility to ensure that    
every ,american servicemember killed in 
action and buried overseas is properly  
honored4  7#f7 ,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 corrected4 
#c4 ,fallen servicemembers religious    

heritage restoration program  7a7       
,establishment ,the ,american ,battle   
,monuments ,commission shall establish a
 program to identify covered members and
 to contact survivors and descendants of
 such covered members4 ,such program    
shall be known as the ,fallen           
,servicemembers ,religious ,heritage    
,restoration ,program4  7b7 ,duration   
,the ,commission shall carry out the    
,fallen ,servicemembers ,religious      
,heritage ,restoration ,program during  
the first five fiscal years that begin  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  7c7 ,contracts  7#a7 ,authority  
,during each fiscal year described in   
subsection 7b71 the ,commission shall   
seek to enter into a contract with a    
nonprofit organization under which such 
nonprofit organization shall carry out  
the purpose described in subsection 7a74
  7#b7 ,term2 amount ,each contract     
under this subsection shall be for one  
year and in the amount of #ejj1jjj to   
the nonprofit organization4  7#c7       

,priority ,in awarding a contract under 
this subsection1 the ,commission shall  
give priority to a nonprofit            
organization that has demonstrated      
capability and expertise in carrying out
 the purpose described in subsection    
7a74  7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3
 7#a7 ,the term covered member means a  
deceased member of the ,armed ,forces   
who was ,jewish and buried-- 7,a7 in a  
,united ,states military cemetery       
located outside the ,united ,states2 and
  7,b7 under a marker that indicates    
such member was not ,jewish4  7#b7 ,the 
term nonprofit organization means an    
organization described in section       
#eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf and exempt from taxation 
under section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4   
#d4 ,extension of certain limits on     
payments of pension ,section            
#eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #cj1 #bjca and inserting      
,january #ca1 #bjcb4  ,passed the ,house

 of ,representatives ,september #ae1    
#bjbe4,kevin ,f4 ,mc,cumber1,clerk4     
,december #i1 #bjbe,read twice and      
placed on the calendar