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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 276 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 60
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 276

                          [Report No. 119-85]

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

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                    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

                             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]

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                                 A BILL

        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).
                                                  Union Calendar No. 60

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 276

                          [Report No. 119-85]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             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