Gulf of America Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 276 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 276

        To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of America''.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2025

Ms. 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 Resources

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                                 A BILL

        To rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ``Gulf of America''.

    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 ``Gulf of America Act of 2025''.

SEC. 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).
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