[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2881-S2882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               JOCELYN NUNGARAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, Jocelyn Nungaray was a 12-year-old girl 
who was sexually assaulted and murdered just north of Houston last 
June. The two suspects who committed this ghastly crime were illegal 
immigrants who never should have been in our country in the first 
place.
  To commemorate Jocelyn's life, I have introduced the Jocelyn Nungaray 
National Wildlife Refuge Act, which would permanently rename the 
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas in her memory.
  This bill would actually codify President Trump's Executive order and 
ensure that future generations will remember Jocelyn for years to come. 
I hope my colleagues will join me in renaming this Texas wildlife 
refuge in her honor.
  Mr. President, as if in legislative session and notwithstanding rule 
XXII, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works be discharged from further consideration of S. 1596 and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant executive clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1596), to rename the Anahuac National Wildlife 
     Refuge located in the State of

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     Texas as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. CORNYN. I know of no further debate on the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 1596) was passed as follows:

                                S. 1596

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National 
     Wildlife Refuge Act''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) On June 17, 2024, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was 
     brutally murdered in Houston, Texas.
       (2) Two illegal aliens who were allegedly members of the 
     Tren de Aragua gang have been charged with her murder.
       (3) On March 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed 
     Executive Order 14229 (90 Fed. Reg. 11585; relating to 
     honoring Jocelyn Nungaray) renaming the area known as the 
     Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge to ``Jocelyn Nungaray 
     National Wildlife Refuge''.
       (4) Ms. Nungaray loved animals and, given the close 
     proximity of her hometown of Houston, it is fitting that the 
     Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge be renamed in her honor.

     SEC. 3. RENAMING OF ANAHUAC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

       (a) Renaming.--The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located 
     in the State of Texas shall be known as the ``Jocelyn 
     Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     national wildlife refuge referred to in subsection (a) shall 
     be deemed to be a reference to the ``Jocelyn Nungaray 
     National Wildlife Refuge''.

  Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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