Department of War Restoration Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5080 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5080

    To redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 2, 2025

   Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of War Restoration Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

    (a) Department of War.--The Department of Defense is hereby 
redesignated the Department of War.
    (b) Secretary of War.--The head of the Department of War, as 
redesignated by subsection (a), is the Secretary of War.
    (c) References.--Any reference to the Department of Defense or the 
Secretary of Defense in any law, rule regulation, certificate, 
directive, instruction, or other offi-cial paper in force on the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the 
Department of War and the Secretary of War, respectively.
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