August 31, 2026
Mr. Patronis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
To rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
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Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Lake America Act
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Sec. 2. Renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America
(a) Renaming
Lake Ontario shall be known as Lake America
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(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
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(c) Implementation
(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).