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119-hr-2520119th Congress

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

Sponsored By: Representative Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]

Introduced

Summary

create the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park to expand the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument into a broader park honoring Chavez and the farmworker movement. It would also direct a study to potentially designate the roughly 300-mile Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail between Delano and Sacramento.

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  • Farmworker communities and visitors: Would raise national recognition and fund interpretation of Chavez's life and farmworker sites, and add a study to potentially designate the about 300-mile Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail.
  • Local communities and landowners: Would allow inclusion of The Forty Acres, Santa Rita Center, McDonnell Hall, and other study sites only after the Secretary acquires the land or secures a written agreement, and requires the Secretary to publish notice within 30 days after adding a site.
  • National Park Service and partners: Would require a general management plan within 3 years after funds are available, authorize land acquisition by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, and allow cooperative agreements with states, tribes, local governments, nonprofits, and owners to preserve and interpret park resources.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Add key Chavez sites to park

The Interior Secretary would be able to acquire land inside the park by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange. The Forty Acres (Delano), the Santa Rita Center (Phoenix), and McDonnell Hall (San Jose) could be added if the land is acquired or if the owner signs a written management agreement. The Secretary would have to publish a Federal Register notice within 30 days after adding any such site.

Plan park growth and study trail

Within 3 years after funds are available, the Interior Secretary would finish a general management plan, with input from landowners, Federal, State, and Tribal agencies, and groups like the National Chavez Center and the Cesar Chavez Foundation. The plan would review adding or linking more sites and send recommendations to Congress. The Secretary could partner with states, cities, groups, and individuals, and give technical help and public interpretation at related sites not run by the Park Service. The bill would also add a study of the 1966, about 300-mile Delano-to-Sacramento march route as a possible National Historic Trail, based on a 2013 NPS study.

Rename monument as historical park

This bill would rename the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument as the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park. The park would be run under the same laws as other National Park units. Any past funding for the monument could be used for the new park. References in laws and documents to the old monument would mean the new park. The official boundary would follow a map dated September 2022, which would be open for public inspection.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]

CA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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