119 HR 276 RH: Gulf of America Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-30 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.

IBUnion Calendar No. 60119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 276[Report No. 119–85]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 9, 2025Ms. 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 ResourcesApril 30, 2025Additional sponsors: Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. McGuireApril 30, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2025A BILLTo 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).

April 30, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed