[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2685 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2685

    To redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 2, 2025

    Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mrs. Blackburn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 official 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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