CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act

H.R. 10186 · House bill Public Lands and Natural Resources

A Democratic bill with 31 Democratic cosponsors · See all 31 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act. It stops the President, the Secretary of the Interior, and any federal workers from changing the official geographic names of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. The bill also completely cancels Executive Order 14422, which was issued on August 27, 2026, and had renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America. Furthermore, it stops the government from using any federal money or taking any actions to carry out that order or anything similar to it.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill protects the traditional geographic names of the Great Lakes.

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    Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?

    The bill limits federal authority regarding the nomenclature of significant natural landmarks.

  • Scored +1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill prevents the expenditure of federal funds on implementing the renaming of Lake Ontario.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill restricts the President's power to rename geographic features.