1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Operation Overlord Study Abroad Program Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States and France have shared close cultural, economic, social, and diplomatic relations since 1776 when French forces supported the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War to gain freedom from Great Britain. (2) World War II cemented this positive relationship between the United States and France. (3) On June 6, 1944, the United States, as a member of the Allied Forces, led the military operation known as Operation Overlord. (4) Operation Overlord consisted of a series of prolonged parachute and glider landings, large naval bombardments, massive air attacks, and amphibious landings on the beaches of Normandy known as Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. (5) Over 2,000,000 military service members of the Allied Forces landed in France during Operation Overlord, which resulted in approximately 226,000 casualties. Of those casualties, approximately 153,000 were injured, and 72,000 were either killed or declared missing in action. (6) Operation Overlord resulted in a victory for the Allied Forces as they forced Nazi Germany to withdraw from Normandy and move eastward toward Paris. (7) June 6, 2020, is the 76th anniversary of the start of Operation Overlord. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the United States owes to the generation of Americans known as the Greatest Generation an immense level of respect and gratitude for risking their lives by serving in the Allied Forces to defeat Nazi Germany; (2) it is vital that the stories of the men and women who fought in Operation Overlord are not forgotten, allowing our youth to remember some of the greatest acts of heroism recorded in human history