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| https://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-gonzalez-advocates-hands-our-boca-chica-beach-act-congressional | Congressman Gonzalez Advocates for Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act in Congressional Hearing | 2026-09-02 | 2026 | 2026-09 | Democrat | House | TX | Vicente Gonzalez | G000581 | gonzalez.house.gov | gonzalez | https://gonzalez.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | Additionally, the Hands Off Our Boca Chica Act enjoys strong local support. During today’s hearing, the Congressman submitted written statements of support from Texas State Representative Erin Gamez, Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, and SpaceX. All three letters can be viewed here. Geographic names established by an act of Congress, or those introduced as proposed legislation, are not bound by the BGN. Therefore, Congressman Gonzalez’s bill takes precedence over BGN’s principles, policies, and procedures, preventing future proposals to rename Boca Chica Beach during this Congress from being considered. The proposal was driven by an individual from Mississippi with no ties to our community and has since faced unanimous opposition from local officials and even SpaceX itself. People who may disagree about many other issues agreed on this one thing: Boca Chica Beach should remain Boca Chica Beach – a name that dates back to at least 1936. Although we stopped this particular proposal, the process exposed a much larger problem: A federal committee was preparing to vote on the name change of a historic place in South Texas, they didn’t inform the community and the Representative of the provided notice of the scheduled vote. But no community should have to depend on a last-minute scramble to make sure its voice is heard in a federal decision affecting its own backyard. It would also require the Domestic Names Committee to notify the appropriate Member of Congress of a proposed name change that affects their district. It does not, however, prevent future policy updates from the Committee. We must provide Members of Congress with the tools to do the job our constituents sent us here to do: represent their interests when federal decisions affect their communities. | 1 | 2026-09-03T09:29:33Z | 2026-09-03T09:31:32Z |