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S. 1596119th CongressPublic Lands and Natural Resources
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-30.
Where it standsBecame law8 senators score as swing votes
Became law
- Senate: passedMay 13, 2025
- House: passedJul 14, 2025
- President: Signed into lawJul 24, 2025
Summary
, via Congress.govJocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act
This act renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in Anahuac, Texas, as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.
The act provides statutory authority for
Executive Order 14229
, which also renamed the refuge as the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateDischarged from · Referred to
Subjects
- Texas
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 79Middle 30–70
- 13Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
