Summary

Prevents the Secretary of the Navy from renaming any naval vessel that, on the date this Act becomes law, is named for Cesar Chavez, Medgar Evers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dolores Huerta, Thurgood Marshall, Harvey Milk, Lucy Stone, or Harriet Tubman. The prohibition applies despite the general renaming authority in federal law, making these specific ship names permanently protected from change while the law remains in effect.

Key Points

• Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from renaming any naval vessel that, when the law takes effect, is named for one of eight specified individuals.
• The protected names are Cesar Chavez, Medgar Evers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dolores Huerta, Thurgood Marshall, Harvey Milk, Lucy Stone, and Harriet Tubman.
• The prohibition applies despite the existing statutory renaming authority in title 10, U.S. Code (i.e., it overrides that authority for these cases).
• Takes effect upon enactment and only covers vessels already bearing those names on that date.
• Does not allocate funds, change missions, or otherwise alter Navy operations beyond naming authority.
• Does not create a general naming policy or protect names beyond the eight listed individuals.
• Affects Navy naming decisions and symbolic recognition tied to those historical figures, but imposes no new programmatic requirements.
• Simple, single-subject measure with limited administrative scope.

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