Lake America Act
United States119th CongressHR-10196House of Representatives
Updated: Aug 31, 2026
Summary
This bill, titled the "Lake America Act" , proposes to officially rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" . It stipulates that any existing federal reference to Lake Ontario in laws, maps, regulations, or other official documents will henceforth be considered a reference to "Lake America". The legislation assigns the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, the responsibility for overseeing the implementation of this renaming across all federal documents and maps. Furthermore, it mandates that the head of each federal agency must update their respective documents and maps to reflect the new name within 180 days of the bill's enactment.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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