Lake America Act

Key Points

• This bill proposes changing the official name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in all federal records. This would apply to every law, map, and government document that currently mentions the lake.
• If this bill becomes law, every federal agency would have 180 days to update their maps and paperwork. The Secretary of the Interior would be in charge of making sure these changes happen correctly across the government.
• The change would only apply to United States federal documents. Because the lake is shared with Canada, this action would likely lead to different names being used for the same body of water by the two countries.
• There is no specific budget mentioned for this change, but federal agencies would have to use their existing resources to update thousands of digital and physical records within the six month deadline.

Impact Analysis

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