House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act
Official title: To prohibit the renaming of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 31, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 31, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10186.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 137, August 31, 2026, Page H5362):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legislation provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 31, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 129 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10186, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10186
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
31 cosponsors — 31 Democrats
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), George Latimer (D-NY), John Mannion (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Mark Takano (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 2290 (119th) World War II Women's Memorial Location Act
- H.R. 3276 (119th) Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act of 2026
- H.R. 1917 (119th) Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025
- H.R. 3858 (119th) Sport Fish Restoration, Recreational Boating Safety, and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2025
- H.R. 3184 (119th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 929 (119th) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.