Public Law 119-30. Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
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An Act To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the “Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge”.July 24, 2025[[S. 1596](/us/bill/119/s/1596)] * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act. ## SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE [16 USC 668dd note](/us/usc/t16/s668dd). 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](/us/fr/90/11585); 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 139 STAT. 474 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.
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