Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming

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IF12881

Version

14

Product type

Resources

Status

Active

Published

Sep 15, 2026

Source updated

Sep 16, 2026, 3:23 pm UTC

Authors: Mark K. DeSantis, Anna E. Normand

Source topics: Latin America, Caribbean & Canada, Natural Resources Policy, Government Information

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• S 2272A bill to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Mount Denali.
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• HR 402To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.
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• S 573A bill to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Denali.
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• HR 276To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America".
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• S 2400A bill to establish a process for the Board on Geographic Names to review and revise offensive names of Federal land units, to create an advisory committee to recommend Federal land unit names to be reviewed by the Board, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 4454To establish a process for the Board on Geographic Names to review and revise offensive names of Federal land units, to create an advisory committee to recommend Federal land unit names to be reviewed by the Board, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 7303To abolish the Board on Geographic Names and repeal the provisions of the Act of July 25, 1947 establishing such Board.
  118th Congress
• S 319A bill to designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Mount Denali.
  114th Congress
• S 2894A bill to establish a process for the Board on Geographic Names to review and revise offensive place names, to create an advisory committee to recommend offensive place names to be reviewed by the Board, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 2843To establish a process for the Board on Geographic Names to review and revise offensive place names, to create an advisory committee to recommend offensive place names to be reviewed by the Board, and for other purposes.
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• HR 9779To designate Boca Chica Beach located in Cameron County, Texas, as "Boca Chica Beach", and for other purposes.
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• S 2431An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
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• HR 10196To rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America".
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