Prohibit the use of funds to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass no longer of use to the U.S. military.

Tom Cole · Oklahoma · Republican

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Prohibiting the use of funds to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass that are no longer of use to the United States military.

The bill summary commits to blocking Defense funds from being used to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass.

fy27-defense-subcommittee-bill-summary.pdf
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Evidence

Division A, section 8018 bars Department of Defense funds from demilitarizing or disposing of specified surplus rifles and from destroying small arms ammunition or ammunition components unless they are unsafe or unserviceable.

Congress enacted a defense appropriations rider that blocks DoD spending on destroying certain surplus firearms and ammunition components, which materially matches the pledge.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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Assessments

delivered same_term

The promised policy outcome was materially achieved during Tom Cole's current term. The FY2026 defense appropriations law includes Section 8018, which bars Department of Defense funds from destroying specified surplus firearms and small-arms ammunition or components unless they are unsafe or unserviceable. That is a close match to the pledge to prohibit using funds to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass no longer useful to the military. Because the restriction was enacted while Cole remains in federal office, the timing is same_term.

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