U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10186: Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act
Status: In committee, August 31, 2026
To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, August 31, 2026:
A BILL To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act . SECTION 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 (2) Lake Michigan; (3) Lake Huron; (4) Lake Erie; or (5) Lake Ontario. SECTION 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 …
Sponsors
- Debbie Dingell (D, HD-006) · primary sponsor
- Timothy Kennedy (D, HD-026)
- Joseph Morelle (D, HD-025)
- Jared Huffman (D, HD-CA-2)
- Shri Thanedar (D, HD-013)
- Seth Moulton (D, HD-006)
- George Latimer (D, HD-016)
- Rashida Tlaib (D, HD-MI-12)
- Kevin Mullin (D, HD-CA-15)
- Yassamin Ansari (D, HD-003)
- Mary Gay Scanlon (D, HD-PA-5)
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Common questions
- What is HB10186?
- HB10186 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act.
- What does HB10186 do?
- In its own words: To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10186?
- In committee as of August 31, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (August 31, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10186?
- Debbie Dingell (D, HD-006), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10186?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10186
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