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Expressing support for the designation of February 9, 2025, as the first ever "Gulf of America Day" and celebrating the importance of changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

House

Expresses support for designating February 9, 2025, as the first Gulf of America Day and for renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America

Latest action: Thu Feb 13 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to "Pipeline Safety: Editorial Change To Reflect the Name Change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America".

Senate

Disapproves a Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration rule that makes an editorial pipeline safety name change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America

Latest action: Fri Aug 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.

House

Approves House floor consideration of H.R. 276 on renaming the Gulf of Mexico and H.R. 881 on DHS funding restrictions tied to Confucius Institutes

Latest action: Tue May 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Gulf of America Act

House

Renames the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and requires federal agencies to update maps and official documents with the new name

Latest action: Mon May 12 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025

Senate

Directs regular offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico while extending leasing moratoria in specified Gulf and Atlantic areas through 2035

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Red Snapper Act of 2025

House

Prohibit NOAA from imposing South Atlantic area or bottom fishing closures for snapper-grouper species until the Great Red Snapper Count study is completed and used in the next red snapper stock assessment

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Red Snapper Act of 2025

Senate

Prohibit NOAA from imposing South Atlantic red snapper and related bottom fishing closures until study data is completed and incorporated into the next stock assessment

Latest action: Thu Jan 16 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act of 2026

Senate

Reauthorizes regional ocean partnerships through 2026 to continue coordinated ocean and coastal planning activities

Latest action: Tue Apr 14 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supporting Made in America Energy Act

Senate

Require expanded federal oil and natural gas lease sales on specified public lands and offshore areas while extending and enlarging leasing moratoria in parts of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)