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