,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag 
7legislative day1 ,september #af71 #bjbe
 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks 7for herself and ,mr4 
,van ,hollen7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to require amounts used to  
pay the costs of the renaming the       
,department of ,defense to be derived   
from the travel budget of the ,secretary
 of ,defense1 and for other purposes4   
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,department of ,defense's  
,cost of #8,war' ,act of #bjbe or the   
,do,d ,,cow ,act of #bjbe4  #b4         
,designation of funds to pay costs of   
renaming ,department of ,defense  7a7   
,finding  ,congress finds that-- 7#a7   
title ,,ii of the ,national ,security   
,act of #aidg 7#fa ,stat4 #dii1 chapter 
#cdc7 established the ,national         
,military ,establishment to replace the 
,department of ,war2 and  7#b7 the      

,national ,military ,establishment was  
subsequently renamed the ,department of 
,defense1 by an amendment to the        
,national ,security ,act of #aidg made  
by section #d of the ,national ,security
 ,act ,amendments of #aidi 7#fc ,stat4  
#egh1 chapter #dab74  7b7  ,sense of    
,congress  ,it is the sense of ,congress
 that1 as the ,department was           
established and named by an ,act of     
,congress1 the name of the ,department  
can be changed only by an ,act of       
,congress4  7c7  ,designation of funds  
7#a7  ,in general  ,the ,secretary shall
 pay covered costs by reallocating      
amounts available to the ,secretary for 
travel expenses to pay such costs4  7#b7
  ,additional funds  ,if the total      
amount of covered costs exceeds the     
total amount available to the ,secretary
 for travel1 the ,secretary shall pay   
the remaining amount of covered costs by
 reallocating amounts available to the  
secretaries of the military departments 
for travel to pay such costs4  7d7      

,report required  ,not later than one   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary shall submit  
to ,congress a report on the total      
amount obligated or expended to pay     
covered costs4  7e7  ,definitions  ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,covered costs ,the  
term covered costs means costs accrued  
by the ,department and associated with  
the changing of ,department of ,defense 
to ,department of ,war on physical      
signage1 websites1 stationary1 printed  
media1 and digital media owned or       
operated by the ,united ,states         
,government4  7#b7  ,department  ,the   
term ,department means the executive    
department established by section #aaa  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7#c7  ,secretary  ,the term ,secretary  
means the official established by and   
appointed under section #aac of such    
title4