[119th Congress Public Law 30]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 119-30
119th Congress
An Act
To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of
Texas as the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''. <<NOTE: July
24, 2025 - [S. 1596]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Jocelyn Nungaray
National Wildlife Refuge Act.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 16 USC 668dd note.>> 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
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wildlife refuge referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a
reference to the ``Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge''.
Approved July 24, 2025.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1596 (H.R. 3179):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 119-192 (Comm. on Natural Resources) accompanying
H.R. 3179.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 171 (2025):
May 13, considered and passed Senate.
July 14, considered and passed House.
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