Chiricahua National Park Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced
Summary
Chiricahua National Park would redesignate the Chiricahua National Monument as a unit of the National Park System using the monument's existing boundaries. It would require the Interior Secretary to manage the new park under national park laws and allow monument funds to be used for the park.
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- Tribal members: Indian Tribes would get mandatory consultation on traditional cultural and religious sites and guaranteed access for traditional cultural and customary uses. The Secretary may temporarily close small, specific areas on a tribe's request for the minimum time needed to protect those activities.
- Visitors and local users: The park's boundaries would match the current monument map so public use stays within the same footprint, though temporary, targeted closures could occur to protect tribal uses.
- Federal management: The Department of the Interior would administer the park under existing National Park System laws and earlier presidential proclamations, and existing monument funds would be available to operate the park.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Rename Chiricahua as National Park
If enacted, the bill would rename Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as Chiricahua National Park. The park boundary would equal the monument boundaries as of enactment, generally shown on the map titled "Chiricahua National Park Proposed Boundary", number 145/156,356, dated March 2021. Funds available for the Chiricahua National Monument would be available for the National Park. Any law, map, regulation, document, or record that refers to the Chiricahua National Monument would be read as referring to the Chiricahua National Park. The Interior Secretary would administer the park under Presidential Proclamations 1692 and 2288 and laws generally applicable to National Park System units.
Tribal access and temporary closures
If enacted, the bill would require the Interior Secretary to protect traditional cultural and religious sites in the new Chiricahua National Park. The Secretary would have to consult with Indian Tribes and provide access to those sites for tribal members' traditional cultural and customary uses under Public Law 95-341. At a tribe's request, the Secretary could temporarily close one or more specific park areas to the general public to protect those uses. Any closure would be limited to the smallest practicable area and for the minimum period necessary.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 1/28/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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