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S. 2685

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 2685, the Department of War Restoration Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Sep 2, 2025 by Sen. Mike Lee (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Armed Services, and last saw action on Sep 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Record

Text

S. 2685 has 2 co-sponsors.

sb2685/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S2685 IS: Department of War Restoration Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-09-02
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2685  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    A BILL
To redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Department of War Restoration Act of 2025  .
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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-09-02
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.

Sponsors

Sen. Mike Lee (R) sponsors S. 2685, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 2685 went before 1 committee: Armed Services.

Armed Services
Armed Services
Referred To · Sep 2, 2025

Actions

S. 2685 has taken 2 actions since Sep 2, 2025.

ChamberAction
Sep 2, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.Armed Services Committee
Sep 2, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 2685 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 2685, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 2685 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Department of War Restoration Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Department of War Restoration Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named S. 2685 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Economics/Economic Development, Education, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
BRANDON ARNOLD112
BRYAN RILEY112
NICHOLAS JOHNS112
PETE SEPP112
DAVID TIMMONS111
THOMAS AIELLO111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNIONNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION2025 second_quarter$30K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNIONNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION2025 first_quarter$30K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2685 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2685’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

s2685/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com