H.R. 276 · House bill · 119th Congress

Gulf of America Act

Sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia with 17 co-sponsors

Introduced Jan 9, 2025

Referred to the Natural Resources Committee

Latest action May 12, 2025

SponsorRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia· 17 cosponsorsRep. Mary Miller, IllinoisRep. Barry Moore, Alabama

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What the bill does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Mar 25, 2025.

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Contents

Sec. 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”.

(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).

Official text, Placed on Calendar Senate (May 12, 2025), from the Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov. Printed version (PDF) · All versions on Congress.gov