House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Peace Through Strength Act of 2025
Official title: To change the name of the Department of Defense to the "Department of War", and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John McGuire R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5522.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGUIRE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5522, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5522
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 25, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7a82a339cb411d2e540b81e32000afd014805d9f18b4246ccffffbb3c415f9c5
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 November 25, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John McGuire.
- H.R. 6365 (119th) Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
- H.R. 5103 (119th) Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
- H.R. 7051 (119th) American Dream Act
- H.R. 7368 (119th) Riley Gaines Act
- H.R. 3643 (119th) VA Data Transparency and Trust Act
- H.R. 1622 (119th) Uranium for Energy Independence Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.