Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/276

Official text excerpt

119 HR 276 IH: Gulf of America Act of 2025 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-01-09 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 276 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2025 Ms. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Collins , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Lawler , Mr. Haridopolos , Mr. Steube , Mr. Gill of Texas , Mr. Burlison , Mr. Babin , Mr. Rulli , and Mr. Nehls ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America . 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gulf of America Act of 2025 . 2. Renaming of Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America (a) Renaming The Gulf of Mexico shall be known as the Gulf of America . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico shall be deemed to be a reference to the Gulf of America . (c) Implementation (1) In general The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, shall oversee the implementation of the renaming described in subsection (a) with respect to each Federal document and map. (2) Requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency shall update each document and map of the Federal agency in accordance with the renaming described in subsection (a).

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Citations

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