United States S 1097: César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act

Bill Text

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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION S. 1097
To establish the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Movement National
Historical Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 30, 2023
Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources
A BILL
To establish the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Move-
ment National Historical Park in the States of California
and Arizona, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and 4
the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park 5
Act’’. 6
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 7
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 8
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(1) on October 8, 2012, the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez 1
National Monument was established by Presidential 2
Proclamation 8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) for the 3
purposes of protecting and interpreting the nation-4
ally significant resources associated with the prop-5
erty in Keene, California, known as ‘‘Nuestra 6
Sen ̃ora Reina de la Paz’’; 7
(2) Nuestra Sen ̃ora Reina de la Paz— 8
(A) served as the national headquarters of 9
the United Farm Workers; and 10
(B) was the home and workplace of Ce ́sar 11
E. Cha ́vez, the family of Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez, 12
union members, and supporters of Ce ́sar E. 13
Cha ́vez; 14
(3) while the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National Monu-15
ment marks the extraordinary achievements and 16
contributions to the history of the United States by 17
Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farmworker movement, there 18
are other significant sites in the States of California 19
and Arizona that are important to the story of the 20
farmworker movement; and 21
(4) in the study conducted by the National 22
Park Service entitled ‘‘Ce ́sar Cha ́vez Special Re-23
source Study and Environmental Assessment’’ and 24
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submitted to Congress on October 24, 2013, the Na-1
tional Park Service— 2
(A)(i) found that several sites associated 3
with Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the farmworker 4
movement— 5
(I) are suitable for inclusion in the 6
National Park System; and 7
(II) depict a distinct and important 8
aspect of the history of the United States 9
not otherwise adequately represented at ex-10
isting units of the National Park System; 11
and 12
(ii) recommended that Congress establish a 13
national historical park to honor the role that 14
Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez played in lifting up the lives 15
of farmworkers; and 16
(B)(i) found that the route of the 1966 17
march from Delano to Sacramento, California, 18
meets National Historic Landmark criteria; 19
(ii) recommended that the potential for 20
designation of the route as a national historic 21
trail be further explored; and 22
(iii) indicated that the National Park Serv-23
ice could work with partner organizations and 24
agencies to provide for interpretation programs 25
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along the route of the 1966 march from Delano 1
to Sacramento, California. 2
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-3
lish the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Movement 4
National Historical Park— 5
(1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the 6
nationally significant resources associated with 7
Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farmworker movement; 8
(2) to interpret and provide for a broader un-9
derstanding of the extraordinary achievements and 10
contributions to the history of the United States 11
made by Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farmworker move-12
ment; and 13
(3) to support and enhance the network of sites 14
and resources associated with Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the 15
farmworker movement. 16
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 17
In this Act: 18
(1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 19
park’’ means the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farm-20
worker Movement National Historical Park estab-21
lished by section 4. 22
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en-23
titled ‘‘Cesar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Move-24
ment National Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, 25
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numbered 502/179857B, and dated September 1
2022. 2
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3
the Secretary of the Interior. 4
(4) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ means— 5
(A) the State of California; and 6
(B) the State of Arizona. 7
(5) ST