Passed House. Latest step, May 12, 2025: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73. The House passed it 211–206.All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.
How this bill changes the law
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H.R. 276 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as placed on the Senate calendar (May 12, 2025).
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Sec. 2Renaming of Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America"new law
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Sec. 2 Renaming of Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America"
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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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 9, 2025).
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May 8, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 211 - 206 (Roll no. 122). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1914) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress
Apr 30, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-85.Library of Congress