119 HR 10196 IH: Lake America Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-08-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 10196IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 31, 2026Mr. Patronis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo rename Lake Ontario as Lake America.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Lake America Act.

2.

Renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America

(a)

Renaming

Lake Ontario shall be known as Lake America. (b)

References

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Lake Ontario shall be deemed to be a reference to Lake America. (c)

Implementation

(1)

In general

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, shall oversee the implementation of the renaming described in subsection (a) with respect to each Federal document and map. (2)

Requirement

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency shall update each document and map of the Federal agency in accordance with the renaming described in subsection (a).