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Preserving Great Americans’ Legacies Act of 2025
To prohibit the Secretary of the Navy from changing the names of certain naval vessels.
Summary
This bill prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from changing the names of any naval vessels that are currently named after Cesar Chavez, Medgar Evers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dolores Huerta, Thurgood Marshall, Harvey Milk, Lucy Stone, or Harriet Tubman. The prohibition applies to vessels with these names as of the date the bill is enacted. The bill overrides the Secretary's authority under existing law to change naval vessel names.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA)
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA)
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA)
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11] (D-CA)
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL)
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Scott H. Peters’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $19,800
- BLACKSTONE $17,500
- GENERAL ATOMICS $15,400
- QUALCOMM $13,300
- RA CAPITAL $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Scott H. Peters → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Norton, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of the Navy from changing the names of certain naval vessels.
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 “Preserving Great Americans’ Legacies Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NAME CHANGE OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding section 8662(b) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may not change the name of any naval vessel that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is named after an individual referred to in subsection (b).
(b) Individuals.—An individual referred to in this subsection is any of the following:
(1) Cesar Chavez.
(2) Medgar Evers.
(3) Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(4) Dolores Huerta.
(5) Thurgood Marshall.
(6) Harvey Milk.
(7) Lucy Stone.
(8) Harriet Tubman. <all>
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