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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act</strong></p><p>This bill renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in Anahuac, Texas, as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act</strong></p><p>This act renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in Anahuac, Texas, as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.</p><p>The act provides statutory authority for <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/10/2025-03869/honoring-jocelyn-nungaray">Executive Order 14229</a>, which also renamed&nbsp;the refuge as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.</p>]]></text>
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