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HR 8455 116th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Forests, forestry, trees General Native American affairs matters Geography and mapping Parks, recreation areas, trails Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Reconciliation in Place Names Act

Introduced: September 30, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 30, 2020
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Reconciliation in Place Names Act

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names to advise the Board on Geographic Names on renaming geographic features with offensive place names. Generally, an offensive place name is a place name or land unit that recognizes an individual who held racially repugnant views, contains a racial or sexist slur, or is derogatory or otherwise offensive.

The board shall accept or reject a recommendation by the committee to rename a geographic feature with an offensive place name within three years of the date on which it receives the recommendation.

The board shall approve a recommendation of the committee unless it determines that (1) there is a compelling reason and substantial public interest in rejecting the recommendation; or (2) approving the recommendation would violate federal law.

The board shall rename a geographic feature if the board accepts a recommendation by the committee to rename it.

What's happening now September 30, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
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Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Nov 30, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 2020
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 2, 2020
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Sep 30, 2020
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Sep 30, 2020
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Green, Al
Texas · Sep 30, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Sep 30, 2020
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Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 30, 2020
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8455: Reconciliation in Place Names Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8455/
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"H.R. 8455: Reconciliation in Place Names Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8455/.
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H.R. 8455, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8455/.
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