[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 99 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2895-S2896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Rubio, 
        Mr. Ossoff, Ms. Ernst, and Mrs. Feinstein):
  S. 4367. A bill to improve certain sexual assault and domestic 
violence prevention policies; to the Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill improves certain 
sexual assault and domestic violence prevention policies.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record as follows:

                                S. 4367

       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 ``Protecting our 
     Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. ANNUAL PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGENDA.

       Section 549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub-
     populations of the military community may be targeted for 
     sexual assault, sexual harassment, or domestic violence more 
     than others;
       ``(3) seek to identify factors that influence the 
     prevention, perpetration, and victimization of sexual 
     assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence;
       ``(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of 
     data on hazing and bullying related to sexual assault, sexual 
     harassment, and domestic violence;''; and
       (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of 
     this section, by amending the text to read as follows:
       ``(6) incorporate collaboration with other Federal 
     departments and agencies, including the Department of Health 
     and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, State governments, academia, industry, federally 
     funded research and development centers, nonprofit 
     organizations, and other organizations outside of the 
     Department of Defense, including civilian institutions that 
     conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, and 
     analysis; and''.

     SEC. 3. PRIMARY PREVENTION WORKFORCE.

       Section 549B of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(3) Comptroller general report.--Not later than one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report comparing the 
     sexual harassment and prevention training of the Department 
     of Defense with similar programs at other Federal departments 
     and agencies and including data collected by colleges and 
     universities and other relevant outside entities.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Incorporation of Research and Findings.--The Primary 
     Prevention Workforce established under subsection (a) shall, 
     on a regular basis, incorporate findings and conclusions from 
     the primary prevention research agenda established under 
     section 549A, as appropriate, into the work of the 
     workforce.''.
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      By Mr. PADILLA (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
       S. 4371. A bill to establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the 
     Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of 
     California and Arizona, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

  Mr. PADILLA. Mr. President, I rise to introduce the Cesar E. Chavez 
and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act.
  This legislation would establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the 
Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in California and Arizona 
to preserve the nationally significant sites associated with Cesar 
Chavez and the farm worker movement.
  In 2008, with strong bipartisan support, Congress enacted legislation 
directing the National Park Service to conduct a special resource study 
of sites that are significant to the life of Cesar Chavez and the farm 
labor movement in the Western United States. The National Park Service 
evaluated over 100 sites that were significant to Cesar Chavez and the 
farm labor movement in thy stern United States and found that five 
sites were ``nationally significant.'' Importantly, the Park Service 
wrote that these nationally significant sites depict a distinct and 
important aspect of American history associated with civil rights and 
labor movements that are not adequately represented or protected 
elsewhere. While the Park Service provided five management alternatives 
to protect these special places, they ultimately recommended that 
Congress establish a national historic park that would include several 
nationally significant sites.
  In 2012, President Obama established the Cesar E. Chavez National 
Monument. The property is in Keene, CA and is known as Nuestra Senora 
Reina de la Paz. In his Presidential Proclamation, President Obama 
said: ``This site marks the extraordinary achievements and 
contributions to the history of the United States made by Cesar Chavez 
and the farm worker movement that he led with great vision and 
fortitude. La Paz reflects his conviction that ordinary people can do 
extraordinary things.''
  While this was a critical step forward, the National Monument leaves 
out many nationally significant sites and leaves many important stories 
untold. The creation of a national historical park, as originally 
recommended by the Park Service, would allow the National Park Service 
to tell the full story of Cesar Chavez and the farm labor movement for 
the benefit of all Americans.
  This legislation would establish the Forty Acres in Delano, CA; the 
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, which includes La Nuestra Senora 
Reina de la Paz, in Keene, CA; and the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, 
AZ, as part of a new Cesar E. Chavez and Farmworker Movement National 
Historical Park. These sites contain nationally significant resources 
associated with Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement and would be 
preserved and protected as part of the National Park System.
  This legislation would also establish a new National Historic Trail 
that would commemorate the 1966 Delano to Sacramento March, a major 
milestone event in the farm labor movement. According to the Special 
Resource Study, ``More than one hundred men and women set out from 
Delano on March 17, 1966, and thousands of farm workers and their 
families joined in for short stretches along the way. By the time the 
marchers entered Sacramento on Easter Sunday, April 10, 1966, the farm 
worker movement had secured a contract and attracted new waves of 
support from across the country.''
  We must honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez, the 
inspirational civil rights advocate and leader of the farm labor 
movement whose impact reverberated in California and across the world. 
His list of accomplishments is long, from creating the Nation's first 
permanent agricultural labor union to helping secure passage of the 
first American law that recognized farm workers' rights to organize.
  While widely respected as the most important Latino leader in the 
United States in the 20th century, Cesar Chavez was not just a leader 
for the Latino community. Following the principles of Mahatma Gandhi 
and Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez led a nonviolent movement of 
protests and boycotts to secure a union, better pay, and better working 
conditions for farmworkers. He also played a leading role in the 
broader labor movement, the Chicano movement, and the environmental 
movement. For Chavez, it did not matter where you came from or what 
your job was: he believed in the fundamental right to dignity and 
respect.
  But this park will not just focus on Chavez's legacy; it will also 
preserve the thousands of stories of people who played a role in the 
broader farm labor movement. According to the Special Resource Study, 
``During the 1960s, the farm labor movement attracted support from a 
wide array of individuals, including members of other unions, religious 
leaders, civil rights activists, high school students and college 
students (including young Chicanos and Filipinos), environmentalists, 
and justice-minded consumers across the country and abroad.''
  As the son of immigrants from Mexico and the first Latino to 
represent California in the U.S. Senate, I believe the movement Cesar 
Chavez created is just as important today as it ever has been. The 
National Park System--which preserves our natural, historical, and 
cultural heritage while offering

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vital spaces for teaching, learning, and outdoor recreation--must paint 
the full mosaic of America. Through the sites preserved by this bill, 
we can ensure that the National Park System preserves the diverse 
history of our Nation that is too often overlooked. As a farm worker 
himself, Cesar Chavez maintained a strong connection to the natural 
environment. This bill uplifts his story and those of others whose 
contributions helped build the farmworker and civil rights movements 
that are pillars of American history.
  I thank the bill's cosponsors in the Senate and House of 
Representatives, and I especially want to thank Congressman Ruiz for 
spearheading this effort with me to ensure that our national monuments 
and historical parks better reflect the diversity of America's 
heritage.
  Today and every day, let's recommit to the work Cesar Chavez began. 
As he would say: La Lucha Sigue. We must not waver as we keep up the 
fight for justice and equality for all.
  I look forward to working with my colleagues to enact the Cesar E. 
Chavez National Historical Park Act as quickly as possible.
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      By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Sinema):
  S. 4372. A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to carry out a pilot program on developing and testing 
dynamic management of special activity airspace, and for other 
purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4372

       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 ``Dynamic Airspace Pilot 
     Program Act of 2022''

     SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF DYNAMIC SCHEDULING AND 
                   MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL ACTIVITY AIRSPACE.

       (a) Sense of Congress on Special Activity Airspace 
     Scheduling and Management.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       (1) where it does not conflict with safety, dynamic 
     scheduling and management of special activity airspace (also 
     referred to as ``dynamic airspace'') is expected to optimize 
     the use of the national airspace system for all stakeholders; 
     and
       (2) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the Secretary of Defense should take such 
     actions as may be necessary to support ongoing efforts to 
     develop dynamic scheduling and management of special activity 
     airspace, including--
       (A) the continuation of formal partnerships between the 
     Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense 
     that focus on special activity airspace, future airspace 
     needs, and joint solutions; and
       (B) maturing research within their federally funded 
     research and development centers, Federal partner agencies, 
     and the aviation community.
       (b) Pilot Program.--
       (1) Pilot program required.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Defense, shall establish a pilot program on 
     developing and testing dynamic management of special activity 
     airspace in order to accommodate emerging military training 
     requirements through flexible scheduling, along with 
     increasing access to special activity airspace used by the 
     Department of Defense for test and training.
       (2) Testing of special activity airspace scheduling and 
     management.--Under the pilot program established under 
     paragraph (1), the Administrator and the Secretary shall 
     jointly test not fewer than three areas of episodic or 
     permanent special activity airspace designated by the Federal 
     Aviation Administration for use by the Department of Defense, 
     of which--
       (A) at least one shall be over coastal waters of the United 
     States;
       (B) at least two shall be over land of the United States;
       (C) access to airspace available for test and training is 
     increased to accommodate dynamic scheduling of airspace to 
     more efficiently and realistically provide test and training 
     capabilities to Department of Defense aircrews; and
       (D) any increase in access to airspace made available for 
     test and training shall not conflict with the safe management 
     of the national airspace system or the safety of all 
     stakeholders of the national airspace system.
       (c) Report by the Administrator.--
       (1) In general.--Not less than two years after the date of 
     the establishment of the pilot program under subsection 
     (b)(1), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on the interim findings of 
     the Administrator with respect to the pilot program.
       (2) Elements.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) An analysis of how the pilot program established under 
     subsection (b)(1) affected access to special activity 
     airspace by nonmilitary users of the national airspace 
     system.
       (B) An analysis of whether the dynamic management of 
     special activity airspace conducted for the pilot program 
     established under subsection (b)(1) contributed to more 
     efficient use of the national airspace system by all 
     stakeholders.
       (d) Report by the Secretary.--Not less than two years after 
     the date of the establishment of the pilot program under 
     subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the interim 
     findings of the Secretary with respect to the pilot program. 
     Such report shall include an analysis of how the pilot 
     program affected military test and training.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
     the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``special activity airspace'' means the 
     following airspace with defined dimensions within the 
     National Airspace System wherein limitations may be imposed 
     upon aircraft operations:
       (A) Restricted areas.
       (B) Military operations areas.
       (C) Air Traffic Control assigned airspace.
       (D) Warning areas.

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