119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4293


To close and dispose of Federal ownership of the César E. Chávez 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 César E. Chávez 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 César E. Chávez National Monument.

(a) Definitions.—In this Act:

(1) MONUMENT.—The term “Monument” means the César E. Chávez 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 César Chávez Home; and

(ii) the César Chávez Gravesite and Memorial Garden;

(B) any contents within the personal office of César Chávez 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 “César E. Chávez National Monument” is referenced, “César E. Chávez” 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).