DORIE Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10816 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.
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