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DORIE Act of 2026

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119th
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2026-10-15
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Debbie Dingell
Debbie Dingell
Democrat · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 98.9% (652 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

2026-10-15

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10816 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10816 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the naming of Department of Defense assets for sitting Presidents, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 15, 2026 Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Mfume, and Mr. Bell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the naming of Department of Defense assets for sitting Presidents, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Department of Defense Renaming Integrity and Ethics Act of 2026'' or the ``DORIE Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON NAMING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSETS FOR SITTING PRESIDENTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 120a. Prohibition on naming of Department of Defense assets for sitting Presidents ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law-- ``(1) no facility, aircraft, vessel, or other asset of the Department of Defense may be named, renamed, designated, or redesignated in the name of a sitting President; and ``(2) none of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for any fiscal year may be used to name, rename, designate, or redesignate any facility, aircraft, vessel, or other asset of the Department of Defense in the name of a sitting President.''. (b) Applicability.--Any facility, aircraft, vessel, or other asset of the Department of Defense that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is named for the individual who is the President on such date shall be restored to the name of such facility, aircraft, vessel, or other asset immediately before the facility, aircraft, vessel, or other asset was named, renamed, designated, or redesignated in the name of a sitting President. <all>
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