Engrossed in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 276 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 276

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                                 AN ACT

        To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of America''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf of America Act''.

SEC. 2. RENAMING OF GULF OF MEXICO AS ``GULF OF AMERICA''.

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''.
    (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).

            Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 276

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

        To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of America''.