The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on Monday to help the family members of fallen Jewish American servicemembers commemorate their fallen heroes with proper military grave markers.

H.R. 2701, the Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act, led by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Max Miller (R-Ohio), was introduced in April. It passed by a voice vote.

Some 900 American-Jewish servicemembers killed in World War I and World War II are estimated to have been mistakenly buried overseas under Latin Crosses, rather than the Star of David.

The legislation directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to create a 10-year program, which will assist in identifying servicemembers incorrectly buried under incorrect markers. Five years of funding,

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