H.R. 276 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 60 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 276 [Report No. 119–85] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 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 Resources April 30, 2025Additional sponsors: Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Webster of Florida, and Mr. McGuire April 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, 2025 A BILL To 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