One of President Donald Trump's first moves when he returned to the Oval Office earlier this year was to direct federal government departments to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and direct federal agencies to update their documents and maps to incorporate the new name.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following President Donald Trump's executive order,