H.R. 1214: To require the name of military installation under jurisdiction of Secretary of the Army located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be known and designated as Fort Bragg, and for other purposes.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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To require the name of military installation under jurisdiction of Secretary of the Army located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be known and designated as Fort Bragg, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill provides statutory authority for the designation of the military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as Fort Bragg. The installation was originally designated as Fort Bragg for Confederate general Braxton Bragg, and was changed to Fort Liberty in 2023. On February 10, 2025, the Department of Defense issued a memorandum to rename it to Fort Bragg, in honor of Army PFC Roland Bragg, who served during World War II.

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To require the name of military installation under jurisdiction of Secretary of the Army located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be known and designated as Fort Bragg, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1214.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1214 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills