House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Naming Standards Act
Official title: To prohibit the naming of any Federal building, facility, or program after any elected official or political appointee for a certain period or while using their name commercially, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9902.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9902, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9902
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
053b4e4a4093dcabb3300b548fed358e13da4514d5307a905c8fcc8aca10f0f6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2627 (119th) Keep STEM Talent Act of 2025
- H.R. 9803 (119th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1066 (119th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora…
- H.Res. 1210 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.