HR 7618: To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.

Congress: 117 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: neutral

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Sponsor: Brown, Shontel M. (D-Ohio)

Summary

This bill designates the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.

Editorial Explainer

This bill gives the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio the official status of a national memorial. The designation is ceremonial and does not allocate funding or create new federal management responsibilities.

Why it matters

This bill has no direct connection to Israel-Palestine policy, US military aid, settlements, or Gaza. It is a commemorative designation of a Holocaust site and falls outside the scope of congressional accountability on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Cosponsors (29)

• Beatty, Joyce (D-Ohio)
• Kaptur, Marcy (D-Ohio)
• RYAN, TIM (D-OH)
• Joyce, David P. (R-Ohio)
• Carey, Mike (R-Ohio)
• Auchincloss, Jake (D-Massachusetts)
• Carson, André (D-Indiana)
• Van Drew, Jefferson (R-New Jersey)
• Fitzpatrick, Brian K. (R-Pennsylvania)
• Khanna, Ro (D-California)
• MALONEY, CAROLYN (D-NY)
• Meng, Grace (D-New York)
• Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-District of Columbia)
• Sires, Albio (D-NJ)
• Torres, Ritchie (D-New York)
• Turner, Michael R. (R-Ohio)
• González-Colón, Jenniffer (R-PR)
• Sherman, Brad (D-California)
• Stevens, Haley M. (D-Michigan)
• Tonko, Paul (D-New York)
• Gottheimer, Josh (D-New Jersey)
• Balderson, Troy (R-Ohio)
• Gonzalez, Anthony (R-OH)
• Clarke, Yvette D. (D-New York)
• Lee, Barbara (D-CA)
• Rice, Kathleen (D-NY)
• Wild, Susan (D-PA)
• Stansbury, Melanie A. (D-New Mexico)
• Lieu, Ted (D-California)