Reconciliation in Place Names Act

United States117th CongressHR-4454House of Representatives
Updated: Oct 14, 2021

Summary

Reconciliation in Place Names Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names to advise the Board on Geographic Names with regard to renaming geographic features with offensive place names. The board shall rename a geographic feature with an offensive name in accordance with a recommendation of the committee unless the board determines that (1) there is a compelling reason and substantial public interest in rejecting the recommendation, or (2) approving the recommendation would violate federal law. The board shall accept or reject a recommendation within three years of receiving the recommendation.

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S-2400: Reconciliation in Place Names Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

    House of Representatives

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

    House of Representatives

  4. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    House of Representatives