Preserving Great Americans’ Legacies Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2025 to Jul 21, 2025; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Jun 12, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 21, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 101, June 12, 2025, page H2823.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RS22478 | Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress Archived | Report | Dec 4, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of the Navy from changing the names of certain naval vessels.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving Great Americans’ Legacies Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
