119 HR 276 PCS: Gulf of America Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-12 text/xml EN 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.

IICalendar No. 73119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 276IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 8, 2025Received; read the first timeMay 12, 2025Read the second time and placed on the calendarAN ACTTo rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

1.

Short title

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

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.Kevin F. McCumber,Clerk.May 12, 2025Read the second time and placed on the calendar