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119-hr-7039119th Congress

Stop Executive Renaming for Vanity and Ego (SERVE) Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]

In Committee

Summary

Bars naming federal property after a sitting President. This bill would prohibit naming, renaming, designating, or redesignating any federal building, land, or other asset for a sitting President. It would also ban federal funds from being used for those naming actions and require any assets already named for a sitting President to revert to the name given by federal law or their prior federally recognized name.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Ban on naming assets after sitting President

If enacted, the bill would forbid naming, renaming, designating, or redesignating any Federal building, land, or other asset after a sitting President. It would also bar the use of Federal funds to carry out any such naming. Assets that already bear the sitting President's name on the date of enactment would be returned to the name given by Federal law as of that date. Federal agencies would need to restore prior statutory or federally recognized names when the law takes effect.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/13/2026

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 2/25/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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