The Trump administration has undone a 2022 congressionally chartered commission’s renaming of military bases and ships that had for years celebrated the Confederacy, but as of this week both the House and Senate are poised to consider at least a partial reversal of President Donald Trump’s moves.
The House fiscal 2026 NDAA contains an amendment by Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., that would ensure all the formerly Confederate-linked facilities, assets and streets across the U.S. military are renamed along the lines proposed by the 2022 commission to honor other warriors or certain values. Strickland’s amendment was adopted by the narrowest of margins: one vote, thanks to just two Republicans bucking their colleagues to support her provision.
The Senate’s NDAA, meanwhile, contains language that would achieve the same aim as Strickland’s amendment — but only for Virginia, as of now.
