# Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness: Gulf of America
> **Bureau of Ocean Energy Management** · Final rule. · Published 2025-06-06 · Effective 2025-06-06 · 90 FR 24066
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-10068
- **Category:** offshore-energy
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 24066
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 550
- **Publication date:** 2025-06-06
- **Effective date:** 2025-06-06
- **Interior docket:** Docket ID: BOEM-2025-0010
## Abstract

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is amending its regulations that implement the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to revise language reading "Gulf of Mexico" or the associated acronym "GOM" to read "Gulf of America" or the associated acronym "GOA." Executive Order 14172 directs agencies to make this change. This final rule ensures that these regulations comply with this order.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/06/2025-10068/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness-gulf-of-america)
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