[Report No. 119–85]
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
April 30, 2025
Additional sponsors: Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. McGuire
April 30, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2025
To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America
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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 Gulf of America Act
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Sec. 2. Renaming of Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America
(a) Renaming
The Gulf of Mexico shall be known as the Gulf of America
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(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
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(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).