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House Committee Passes $1 Trillion Defense Bill Including Department of War Rename
The House Appropriations Committee passed a $1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal 2027 in a 34-27 party-line vote that included a provision to rename the Defense Department. The markup lasted nearly eight hours and featured defeats for multiple Democratic amendments on funding oversight and force structure.
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The House Appropriations Committee adopted a $1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal 2027 in a 34-27 party-line vote. The measure includes a provision to rename the Defense Department the Department of War. The committee approved the GOP-backed amendment package containing the name change by a 32-25 vote during an almost eight-hour markup.
Only two amendments passed in total: a bipartisan manager’s package and the Republican collection of culture-war measures. Both were offered by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif. Rep. Betty McCollum cited a Congressional Budget Office study that estimated the cost of changing the department name across the Pentagon would range up to $125 million.
Rep. Ben Cline said the historic title Department of War more directly reflects the warrior ethos and the department’s responsibility to prepare for, deter, and when required, successfully wage war. Republicans defeated an amendment from McCollum that would have eliminated $1 billion in advanced procurement funding for the Trump-class battleship.
They also defeated an amendment from Rep. Rosa DeLauro that would have applied standard oversight rules to $152 billion in defense funds approved in last year’s reconciliation bill. , cut off funding if U.S.
Force structure in Europe fell below 76,000 troops, barred funding for operations in Iran without congressional authorization, and restricted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the department justified removals of general-officer candidates.
The bill obligates $11.4 billion for critical munitions and grants multiyear procurement authorities for Standard Missile-6, LRASM, JASSM-ER, AMRAAM, Standard Missile-3 variants, JATM, PrSM, PAC-3, THAAD, Tomahawk, FAMM, LCHS, and Ground Launched Low-Cost Cruise Missile systems.
