HR8436-119

In Committee

Cold War Military Force Repeal Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Cold War Military Force Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2FF559CB164B4EF8BC941EF2A4E1A509: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cold War Military Force Repeal Act.
  • Section H84FD935E26E144F89D2F6F827AF1A7EC: 2. Repeal of joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East The joint resolution entitled A joint resolution to promote peace and stability...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Cold War Military Force Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, Cold War Military Force Repeal Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 22, 2026

Mr. Barrett (for himself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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