Enacted
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
This bill formally renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas coast to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge in memory of a 12-year-old Houston girl killed in 2024. All federal agencies must update their maps, regulations, signs, and records to reflect the new title. The measure writes into federal law an executive order that previously directed the name change for the protected area.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill affects no enumerated individual or population group directly beyond administrative recordkeeping.
Fiscal magnitude—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill authorizes no appropriations and specifies no administrative budget for updating signage or records.
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Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Surviving family of Jocelyn NungarayReceives formal national memorial recognition by having the federal wildlife refuge in Texas renamed in her honor (Sec. 2(4), Sec. 3(a)).
Who it burdens
- Federal agencies managing or documenting the refugeMust treat any reference to the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in federal laws, regulations, maps, and official documents as referring to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (Sec. 3(b)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Officially renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, and updates all federal maps, laws, regulations, and official records to reflect the new name.