[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1596 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1596

To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of 
      Texas as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 2025

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of 
      Texas as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife 
Refuge Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On June 17, 2024, 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was 
        brutally murdered in Houston, Texas.
            (2) Two illegal aliens who were allegedly members of the 
        Tren de Aragua gang have been charged with her murder.
            (3) On March 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed 
        Executive Order 14229 (90 Fed. Reg. 11585; relating to honoring 
        Jocelyn Nungaray) renaming the area known as the Anahuac 
        National Wildlife Refuge to ``Jocelyn Nungaray National 
        Wildlife Refuge''.
            (4) Ms. Nungaray loved animals and, given the close 
        proximity of her hometown of Houston, it is fitting that the 
        Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge be renamed in her honor.

SEC. 3. RENAMING OF ANAHUAC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

    (a) Renaming.--The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the 
State of Texas shall be known as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National 
Wildlife Refuge''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the national wildlife 
refuge referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.
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