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Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act

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

Introduced Aug 31, 2026

Latest action (Aug 31, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Referred to
Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary
  • Prohibits the President, Secretary of the Interior, and Federal government officers from altering, changing, redesignating, or renaming the official geographic names of the five Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario).
  • Nullifies Executive Order 14422, issued on August 27, 2026, which renamed Lake Ontario as "Lake America".
  • Prohibits implementation, administration, or enforcement of Executive Order 14422 or any substantially similar executive orders by the President and Federal government officials.
  • Prohibits the use of Federal funds to implement, administer, or carry out Executive Order 14422 or any substantially similar executive orders.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
28 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Debbie Dingell’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $24,944
  • THE WONDERFUL COMPANY $13,200
  • Employer not reported $9,900
  • ANN ARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION $6,600
  • DAKKOTA INTREGRATED SYSTEMS LLC $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Debbie Dingell → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Aug 31, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
  2. Aug 31, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Aug 31, 2026

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Full text

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

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. <all>

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