WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Gary Fenwick (R-OH), 58, held a formal press conference Wednesday to announce passage of the Strengthening American Families and Communities Investment Act, a landmark piece of legislation that renames a federal community development grant program that has existed, funded, and operated without interruption since the Bush administration.

The original program, the Community Investment and Families Strengthening Act of 1991, disbursed $2.3 billion in grants last fiscal year. Under the new legislation, it will disburse the same amount, to the same recipients, through the same application process, under its new name. Fenwick described the bill as “a complete transformation of how Washington serves working families.”

“For too long, this program has lacked the kind of bold, visionary identity that reflects our values,” Fenwick told reporters. “Today, that changes. The American people deserve a program name that sounds like we did something.”

“The renaming is fully funded, fully operational, and fully indistinguishable from what it replaced—which is exactly what we promised.”

Program administrators confirmed the transition will require new letterhead, updated website headers, and approximately $340,000 in rebranding costs. No programmatic changes are planned. A spokesperson for the agency said staff were “cautiously supportive” of the new name and had already ordered revised forms.

Fenwick’s office released a four-page press packet listing the bill as his “signature achievement” and confirmed he has already submitted it for a civic leadership award. Sandra Okafor, 44, a policy analyst with the Brookings Institution, noted that the original 1991 bill was also a renamed version of a 1983 program.

At press time, Fenwick had introduced a follow-up bill to rename the renaming act, calling it “phase two of the reform.”