DoD COW Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, DoD COW Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Government Operations, Environment.
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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense’s Cost of ‘War’ Act of 2025 or the DoD COW Act of 2025.
- Section id88641804d94f4edaad18449200c2b7e1: 2. Designation of funds to pay costs of renaming Department of Defense Congress finds that— title II of the National Security Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 499,...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, DoD COW Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, DoD COW Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Alsobrooks (for herself and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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