H.R. 8388

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8388 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8388

To prohibit a sitting President, or officer or employee on behalf of a 
sitting President, from naming or designating a public building after 
such President.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2026

Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned

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A BILL

To prohibit a sitting President, or officer or employee on behalf of a 
sitting President, from naming or designating a public building after 
such President.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Earn it First Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SITTING PRESIDENT NAMING CERTAIN FACILITIES 
AFTER SUCH PRESIDENT.

(a) Prohibition.--The President or any officer or employee of the 
executive branch on behalf of the President may not, for the duration 
of the term of such President, name or designate a public facility 
after such President.
(b) Public Facility Defined.--In this section, the term ``public 
facility'' means--
(1) any building (including a public building as defined in 
section 3301 of title 40, United States Code) administered by a 
Federal agency; and
(2) any building or facility operated by an entity that 
receives Federal funds.
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