Trump’s Department of War Will Have to Await Legal Name Change

Sept. 9, 2025, 2:56 PM UTC

President Donald Trump will have to wait a while for the legal renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War as the House won’t debate the new moniker as part of the annual defense authorization bill.

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday made in order 298 amendmentsto the massive defense policy bill, but an amendment mandating the department’s name change didn’t make the list. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) had sponsored that amendment.

In a surprise move, the Rules panel adopted a bipartisan amendment, which would repeal two authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, one ...

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