U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii has joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Bring Our Heroes Home Act, a bill aimed at removing barriers that prevent families and caseworkers from obtaining records needed to recover prisoners of war and those missing in action.

“Families of servicemembers who never returned home deserve to know that the government is doing everything it can to determine the fates of their loved ones as quickly and efficiently as possible,” Hirono said in the announcement.

According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, about 80,930 Americans remain unaccounted for from conflicts including World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War and the Gulf Wars, including more than 150 from Hawaii.

The bill would create a centralized collection of missing personnel records at the National Archives, require federal agencies to provide relevant documents and establish an independent review board to identify missing records and oversee disclosure decisions.

The measure is cosponsored by eight senators from both parties.