Gulf of America Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be officially cited as the "Gulf of America Act of 2025."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Gulf of America Act of 2025 .
2: Renaming of Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America
This section would rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Gulf of Mexico would be treated as a reference to the Gulf of America instead. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names, would oversee carrying out this renaming for each federal document and map. Within 180 days after this section becomes law, the head of each federal agency would have to update each of that agency's documents and maps to reflect the new name.
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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).