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No action since September 2025
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Key Points
Says any costs to change the name from “Department of Defense” to “Department of War” must come from the Defense Secretary’s travel budget.
If those rename costs are bigger than the Defense Secretary’s travel funds, the Pentagon must use travel budgets from the military departments to cover the rest.
Defines rename costs as updating things like signs on buildings, government websites, letterhead, printed materials, and other official media.
Reinforces that only Congress can change the Defense Department’s name, since Congress created and named it.
Requires the Defense Secretary to send Congress a report within 1 year showing how much money was spent on the renaming work.
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Milestones
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Sep 17, 2025Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Sep 17, 2025
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
DoD COW Act of 2025
Bill NumberS 2848
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
