S2894-119

In Committee

Reconciliation in Place Names Act

119th Congress Introduced Sep 18, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reconciliation in Place Names Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Environment, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4FF369BB5E214FBE92E6C68E6BE5D435: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reconciliation in Place Names Act.
  • Section HF253665B8BE840E288E945934A85B3B4: 2. Findings Congress finds that— the United States contains geographic features named— with derogatory terms that include racial and sexual slurs and...
  • Section H86936DCD522B4EF4A8D25008883A7D3E: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Board means the Board on Geographic Names established by section 2 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (43 U.S.C. 364a). The term...
  • Section HE1FD72DEDE78471EAF120D3C00C06894: 4. Advisory committee Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish an advisory committee, to be known as the...
  • Section H729D935EBDC94EFC95A00A63A62CF5D9: 5. Board review Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Board receives a proposal under section 4(e)(4), the Board shall accept or reject the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reconciliation in Place Names Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Key Policy Areas

Civil Rights, Environment, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Reconciliation in Place Names Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Policy Domains

Civil Rights Environment Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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federal implementing agencies: ,
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 18, 2025

Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Padilla, …

Sep 18, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Civil Rights Environment Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"offensive place name" §H86936DCD522B4EF4A8D25008883A7D3E

a domestic geographic place name or Federal land unit name that— recognizes an individual who— held racially repugnant views

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