Congress memorializes murdered child with wildlife refuge renaming
S. 1596 — Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act · Filed by John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced May 5, 2025 · Signed
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What it does
This bill renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge, honoring a 12-year-old girl murdered in Houston in June 2024. The renaming memorializes the victim and updates all federal references to use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename a federal wildlife refuge in honor of a murdered child. It contains no regulatory, financial, or operational provisions—purely a memorial act.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative renaming with no operational, financial, or rights impact on citizens. It honors a crime victim and serves a legitimate public memorial purpose without imposing costs or restricting protections.
Named in the bill
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State of Texas, Executive Order 14229
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- May 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 5, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works”
- May 13, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.”
- May 13, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S2882)”
- Jul 14, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 372 - 0…”
- Jul 14, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
- Jul 17, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Jul 24, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-30”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $16,950,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 254 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
John Cornyn, the sponsor, reported $2,042,484 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $16,950,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,246 characters) on May 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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