[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10186 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10186

  To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 31, 2026

 Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Morelle, Mr. 
Huffman, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Mullin, 
Ms. Ansari, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Grijalva, 
   Ms. Titus, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Brown, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
   Foster, Mr. Mannion, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. McCollum, and Mr. 
 Garcia of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBIT THE RENAMING OF THE GREAT LAKES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President, the Secretary of the Interior, and any officer or employee 
of the Federal Government acting under the authority of the President 
may not alter, change, redesignating, or otherwise rename the official 
geographic name of any of the following Great Lakes:
            (1) Lake Superior;
            (2) Lake Michigan;
            (3) Lake Huron;
            (4) Lake Erie; or
            (5) Lake Ontario.

SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14422.

    (a) In General.--Executive Order 14422, ``Honoring the American 
History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America'', 
issued on August 27, 2026, shall have no force or effect.
    (b) Prohibition on Implementation.--The President, the Secretary of 
the Interior, and any officer or employee of the Federal Government 
shall not issue, implement, administer, or enforce any Executive order, 
memorandum, proclamation, or other action issued for the purpose of 
carrying out Executive Order 14422 or any substantially similar 
Executive order or action.
    (c) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds.--No Federal funds may be 
used, obligated, or expended to implement, administer, or otherwise 
give effect to Executive Order 14422 or any substantially similar 
Executive order or action.
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