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DemocratBill · S. 2848· Senate(119-S-2848)

DoD COW Act of 2025

Rep. Alsobrooks
Age: 55 years
Maryland
Introduced
9/17/2025
Last activity
9/17/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsored by
Angela Alsobrooks
Cosponsors
Democrat - 3Republican - 0
Armed Forces and National Security
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Department of Defense's Cost of 'War' Act of 2025 or the DoD COW Act of 2025. It requires that any money used to pay for renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War must come directly from the travel budget of the Secretary of Defense. If those travel funds are not enough to cover the costs, the remaining amount must be paid by reallocating travel funds from the secretaries of the military departments. The bill defines covered costs as those associated with changing the name on physical signage, websites, stationary, printed media, and digital media owned or operated by the United States Government. It also requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on the total amount spent on these costs not later than one year after the enactment of the Act. Finally, it states the sense of Congress that the name of the Department can be changed only by an Act of Congress.

Yes

  • Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+3

  • Does this reduce what the federal government spends?+2

    The bill mandates that renaming costs be absorbed through existing travel budgets rather than appropriating new taxpayer funds.

  • Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?+2

    Requires existing departmental travel funds to cover administrative rebranding costs.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.