The bill names Boca Chica Beach in Cameron County, Texas, officially as "Boca Chica Beach." It says that any reference in a federal law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record to Boca Chica Beach in Cameron County should be treated as a reference to "Boca Chica Beach."
The bill also requires the Domestic Names Committee (part of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names) to notify each Member of Congress who represents an area affected by a proposed geographic name when the Committee solicits input on that proposal. The bill cites the Committee's "U.S. Board on Geographic Names Principles, Policies, and Procedures Domestic Geographic Names" document (version 2.3; December 2016). The bill defines the Board on Geographic Names, the Domestic Names Committee, and the Principles, Policies, and Procedures document.
The bill was introduced in the House on July 20, 2026, by Representative Vicente Gonzalez and was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
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