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S. 1318 (119th): A bill 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 heritage, and for other purposes.

A bill 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 heritage, and for other purposes.

senate · Substantive

Rankings updated October 26, 2026, 11:44 AM ET · Votes through September 30, 2026
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Recorded summary

The bill metadata is internally inconsistent. The title concerns directing the American Battle Monuments Commission to identify American-Jewish servicemembers buried overseas under markers that incorrectly represent their religion and heritage. The summary instead describes a bill that reauthorizes FISA Title VII until April 30, 2029, and changes Section 702 by requiring monthly ODNI reviews of FBI U.S. person queries, referring noncompliant queries and possible civil liberties abuses to the Intelligence Community Inspector General, criminalizing knowing falsification of querying compliance and knowing FBI violations of query procedures, and limiting approval of U.S. person queries to certain FBI attorneys. The summary also bars Federal Reserve banks from offering direct financial products or accounts to individuals or issuing a CBDC, and restricts Board of Governors use of a CBDC.

cbdccivil_libertiesfinancial_privacyforeign_intelligencemetadata_mismatchsurveillanceveterans_memorial

Theological note: Issue relevance is mixed. The title raises honoring the dead and truthful recognition of servicemembers' religion and heritage, a matter of justice and honest memorial. The summary raises whether government surveillance of U.S. persons is restrained by accountability or extended without adequate limits, and whether a CBDC restricts coercive state monitoring of ordinary financial life. These require separate review before any candidate judgment.

How this bill is scored

Recorded votes

Roll 142 · 29-Apr-2026 5:25 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 235 · Nay 191 · Other 4

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Roll 164 · June 5, 2026, 04:52 AM · On the Motion to Proceed S. 1318 · Motion to Proceed Rejected (47-52)

Yea 47 · Nay 52 · Other 1

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