U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10457: Honoring the Sacrifice of Troops in War Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 16, 2026
To ensure the transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To ensure the transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 16, 2026:
A BILL To ensure the transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring the Sacrifice of Troops in War Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) every member of the Armed Forces who dies or is wounded in hostilities is entitled to be counted, by name and in number, in the casualty records of the operation in which the member served; (2) the United States Government owes to the fallen, to their families, and to history a complete, honest, and permanent accounting of every member of the Armed Forces killed or wounded in the service of the Nation, and no administrative reclassification may be permitted to obscure the human cost of war; (3) accurate and complete casualty statistics are essential to the accountability of the executive branch to the American people and to the exercise by Congress of its constitutional powers to declare war, to raise and support Armies, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to appropriate funds; (4) no reporting category, accounting methodology, or assertion that hostilities have ceased may be used to conceal from Congress or the American people the human …
Sponsors
- Pat Ryan (D, HD-018) · primary sponsor
- Ted Lieu (D)
- Christopher Deluzio (D, HD-PA-17)
- Eugene Vindman (D, HD-007)
- Maggie Goodlander (D, HD-002)
- Chrissy Houlahan (D, HD-006)
- Jason Crow (D, HD-006)
- Herbert Conaway (D, HD-003)
- Derek Tran (D)
- Mike Thompson (D, HD-CA-4)
- Jimmy Panetta (D)
- Salud Carbajal (D)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB10457?
- HB10457 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Honoring the Sacrifice of Troops in War Act of 2026.
- What does HB10457 do?
- In its own words: To ensure the transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10457?
- In committee as of September 16, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (September 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10457?
- Pat Ryan (D, HD-018), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10457?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10457
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