119th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to rename the Persian Gulf, and for other purposes.
May 13, 2025
Ms. Ansari introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to rename the Persian Gulf, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Persian Gulf Act”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on use of Federal funds to rename Persian Gulf.
(a) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to rename the Persian Gulf.
(b) References.—No law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States may refer to the Persian Gulf by a different name without express authorization of Congress.