House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Reconciliation in Place Names Act
Official title: To establish a process for the Board on Geographic Names to review and revise offensive place names, to create an advisory committee to recommend offensive place names to be reviewed by the Board, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Al Green D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2843.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1601):Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, CI. 18)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2843, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), André Carson (D-IN), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Al Green.
- H.R. 3716 (119th) Systemic Risk Authority Transparency Act
- H.Res. 846 (119th) Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2025
- H.Res. 550 (119th) Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2025
- H.Res. 181 (119th) Original Black History Month Resolution of 2025
- H.Res. 1080 (119th) Original Black History Month Resolution of 2026
- H.J.Res. 67 (119th) Original Slavery Remembrance Month Resolution
Related bills
- S. 2894 (119th) Reconciliation in Place Names ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.