House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DEPOTS Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to eliminate any internal Department of Defense depreciated costs or cancel any internal Department debts associated with depots and arsenal from accounts of a military department or the Department that are associated with certain capital expenditures that no longer generate revenue due to mission changes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Cloud R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10046.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 129, August 6, 2026, Page H5221):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10046, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Cloud.
- H.R. 2249 (119th) Preserving Presidential Management Authority Act
- H.R. 925 (119th) Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- H.R. 563 (119th) No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act
- H.R. 2039 (119th) Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025
- H.R. 10017 (119th) Permanent CBDC Ban Act
- H.J.Res. 118 (119th) Expressing support for designating September 12, 2025, as "The Day of the Bible" in the United States of America.
Related bills
- S. 5349 (119th) DEPOTS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.