# 119-hr-10046: DEPOTS Act

119-hr-10046, DEPOTS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-22).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10046
- Congress: 119
- Title: DEPOTS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-22

## Summary

**Lets the Department of Defense write off internal accounting charges for depots and arsenals that stop producing revenue.** The bill would let the Defense clear remaining depreciation and internal debt from Department of Defense accounts for capital assets affected by government-directed mission realignments. - Department of Defense accounting: Authorizes write-offs of remaining depreciation and internal debt for capital assets at depots and arsenals that no longer generate revenue because of mission realignments. The authority applies only to financial balances inside the Department of Defense or a military department. - Delegation: The Secretary of Defense may delegate the write-off authority to the Secretary of a military department. - Revolving funds: Requires write-offs to be carried out in a way that preserves recovery of any prior cash outlays from revolving funds. - Contractors unaffected: The authority does not apply to payments owed to commercial contractors.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Write-offs for military depot accounts: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would be able to write off certain internal accounting charges at depots and arsenals. This would apply to remaining depreciation and internal debt for capital assets that stop generating revenue after mission changes. Any write-off would have to recover prior c…

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- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3134: Emergency Care Improvement Act
- 119-hr-2191: Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act
- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan

## Sources
- [119-hr-10046 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10046)

## Related
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3134: Emergency Care Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3134)
- [119-hr-2191: Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2191)
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10046 (as of 2026-08-22).