Rules Committee · May 8, 2025
H.Amdt. 18: Its purpose is not yet published.
Adopted
With no one objecting, no names recorded
A Republican bill with 17 Republican cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors
Last activity — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73.
Waiting for a floor vote in the other chamber
Passed one chamber and is on the other chamber's calendar.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House 211–206
- Awaiting Senate
- On Senate calendar
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Gulf of America Act," aims to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. Under this act, the body of water will be officially known as the "Gulf of America." The change applies to any United States law, map, regulation, or official record. The Secretary of the Interior will oversee this process through the Chairman of the Board on Geographic Names. Additionally, all Federal agencies must update their documents and maps within 180 days of the act's enactment.
Yes
- Scored +1
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill mandates that all federal agencies update their official documents and maps to reflect the new name within 180 days.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
What Congress actually voted on
2 recorded votes have been taken on this bill. One of them decided something; the rest moved it along.
- The House: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Passed 211 yes · 206 no
05/08/2025 · Roll call 122 · recorded as “On Passage”
- The House: a last attempt to send the bill back to committee The minority party's final chance to change or stall a bill just before the vote on passage. It almost always fails; when it succeeds, the bill does not get its final vote that day. Motion to recommit rejected 203 yes · 213 no
05/08/2025 · Roll call 121 · recorded as “On Motion to Recommit”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- The bill provides a clear directive for renaming official records. Any reference to the Gulf of Mexico in United States laws, maps, or documents will be considered a reference to the "Gulf of America" (Section 2, subsection b).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Federal agencies will be required to perform administrative work to update their records. The head of each Federal agency must update every document and map they have to reflect the new name within 180 days (Section 2, subsection c).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates that all federal agencies update their official documents and maps to reflect the new name within 180 days.
In the queue for a floor vote, with no date set
- 5/12/2025
- Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73.
- 5/8/2025
- Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/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)
- On passage Passed by recorded vote: 211 - 206 (Roll no. 122). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1914)
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 203 - 213 (Roll no. 121).
- The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Mr. Huffman moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H1920)
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 276.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 276 and H.R. 881. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 276 and H.R. 881 under a closed rule with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 377. (consideration: CR H1914-1921)
- 5/5/2025
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 377 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 276 and H.R. 881. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 276 and H.R. 881 under a closed rule with one hour of debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- 4/30/2025
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-85.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
- 4/14/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 4/9/2025
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
- 4/8/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/25/2025
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- 3/18/2025
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- 1/22/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/9/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 14 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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