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S 4371 117th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona California Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Monuments and memorials Parks, recreation areas, trails

César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act

Introduced: June 9, 2022 Introduced by: Padilla, Alex Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-475.
Jun 9, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2895-2896)
Jun 9, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act

This bill establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in California and Arizona. It also establishes the Farmworker Peregrinación National Historic Trail in California.

The boundary of the historical park shall include

  • The Forty Acres in Delano, California;
  • the César E. Chávez National Monument, including Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, in Keene, California; and
  • the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Department of the Interior may acquire land and interests in land that are within the boundary of the park by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange.

The César E. Chávez National Monument shall continue to be administered as a distinct and identifiable unit of the National Park System.

Interior may provide public interpretation of historic sites, museums, and resources on land not administered by Interior related to the life of César E. Chávez and the history of the farmworker movement.

Interior must prepare a general management plan for the park.

The Farmworker Peregrinación National Historic Trail is added to the National Trails System.

The federal government shall not acquire for the trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally managed area without the owner's consent.

What's happening now September 21, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-475.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4371: César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4371/
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