[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4293 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4293

   To close and dispose of Federal ownership of the Cesar E. Chavez 
 National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2026

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To close and dispose of Federal ownership of the Cesar E. Chavez 
 National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Funding to Honor Crime Scenes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF CESAR E. CHAVEZ NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Cesar E. 
        Chavez National Monument established in the State of California 
        by Presidential Proclamation 8884, as issued on October 8, 2012 
        (54 U.S.C. 320301 note).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (3) Site.--The term ``site'' means--
                    (A) any federally owned land within the boundary of 
                the Monument, including--
                            (i) the Cesar Chavez Home; and
                            (ii) the Cesar Chavez Gravesite and 
                        Memorial Garden;
                    (B) any contents within the personal office of 
                Cesar Chavez at the Monument owned by the Federal 
                Government.
    (b) References in Law to Monument.--Effective on the date of 
enactment of this Act, in any law, regulation, map, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States in which the ``Cesar E. Chavez 
National Monument'' is referenced, ``Cesar E. Chavez'' shall be struck 
from the reference to the Monument.
    (c) Closure of Monument.--Effective on the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall close all Federal property within the 
Monument to public access.
    (d) Applicable Law.--Effective on the date of enactment of this 
Act, Presidential Proclamation 8884, as issued on October 8, 2012 (54 
U.S.C. 320301 note), shall have no force or effect.
    (e) Defunding.--No additional Federal funds may be appropriated to 
the Monument.
    (f) Disposal of Site.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall dispose of the site for fair market value.
    (g) Transfer; Proceeds.--On disposal of the site under subsection 
(f), any unobligated amounts previously appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Monument and any proceeds from the disposal of the 
site shall be transferred and made available to carry out section 2 of 
the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701).
                                 <all>