Federal officials would have to keep the Great Lakes’ names

Federal officials may not change the official name of any Great Lake. This covers the President, the Interior Secretary, and federal officials acting under the President’s authority. The five lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.

The bill would nullify Executive Order 14422 and bar federal officials from carrying it out or taking substantially similar action. The order is titled “Honoring the American History of the Great Lakes and Renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America” and was issued August 27, 2026. The ban covers the President, the Interior Secretary, and federal officials. The order dated August 27, 2026, would have no force or effect.

Federal officials may not use federal money to carry out that order or a substantially similar action. The funding ban applies to implementing, administering, or otherwise giving effect to the specified order or a substantially similar action.