To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
Latest action · Jul 10, 2025 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in Anahuac, Texas, as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2025 to May 13, 2025; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Original | May 5, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | May 6, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | May 6, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | May 13, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 5, 2025Discharged Jun 25, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Jul 10, 2025 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 13, 2025Hearings May 20, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-192.
- Jul 10, 2025Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 36.
- Jun 25, 2025Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- May 20, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- May 13, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- May 5, 2025Introduced in House
- May 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 74, May 5, 2025, page H1855.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1596 | Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act | Related bill | Jul 24, 2025 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2025Reported in House
- May 5, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
