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Gulf of America Act of 2025

This bill renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and directs federal agencies to update their documents and maps to incorporate the new name.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 276 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                        Calendar No. 73
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 276


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2025

                     Received; read the first time

                              May 12, 2025

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 AN ACT


 
        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''.

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).

            Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.
                                                        Calendar No. 73

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 276

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 12, 2025

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar