Lake America Act
H.R. 10196119th Congress

Lake America Act

Introduced in the HouseRep. Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1)5 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in House · Aug 31, 2026

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Lake America Act.

(a) Renaming

Lake Ontario shall be known as Lake America.

(b) References

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to Lake Ontario shall be deemed to be a reference to Lake America.

(1) In general

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, shall oversee the implementation of the renaming described in subsection (a) with respect to each Federal document and map.

(2) Requirement

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency shall update each document and map of the Federal agency in accordance with the renaming described in subsection (a).

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