Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9779 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9779

  To designate Boca Chica Beach located in Cameron County, Texas, as
             ``Boca Chica Beach'', and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2026

Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas introduced the following bill; which was
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

  To designate Boca Chica Beach located in Cameron County, Texas, as
             ``Boca Chica Beach'', and for other purposes.

    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 ``Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. BOCA CHICA BEACH.

    (a) In General.--Boca Chica Beach located in Cameron County, Texas,
shall be known and designated as ``Boca Chica Beach''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to Boca Chica Beach located
in Cameron County, Texas, shall be deemed to be a reference to ``Boca
Chica Beach''.

SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC NAME
              PROPOSALS.

    (a) In General.--When the Domestic Names Committee receives a
proposal for a geographic name, the Domestic Names Committee shall
notify each Member of Congress that represents an area affected by such
proposal of such proposal when the Domestic Names Committee solicits
input in accordance with the Principles, Policies, and Procedures
document with respect to such proposal.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Board on geographic names.--The term ``Board on
        Geographic Names'' means the Board on Geographic Names
        established by section 2 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (43 U.S.C.
        364a).
            (2) Domestic names committee.--The term ``Domestic Names
        Committee'' means the Domestic Names Committee of the Board on
        Geographic Names.
            (3) Principles, policies, and procedures document.--The
        term ``Principles, Policies, and Procedures document'' means
        the document published by the Domestic Names Committee titled
        ``U.S. Board on Geographic Names Principles, Policies, and
        Procedures Domestic Geographic Names'' (version 2.3; December
        2016).
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