H.R. 10816
DORIE Act of 2026
Sponsor: Debbie Dingell
2 cosponsors
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Text of the bill
(a) In general. Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
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.