[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3056-S3057]
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SA 880. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for
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military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10___. CESAR E. CHAVEZ AND THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PAR.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to establish
the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National
Historical Park--
(1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally
significant resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the
farmworker movement;
(2) to interpret and provide for a broader understanding of
the extraordinary achievements and contributions to the
history of the United States made by Cesar Chavez and the
farmworker movement; and
(3) to support and enhance the network of sites and
resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the farmworker
movement.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means
the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National
Historical Park established by subsection (c).
(2) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled ``Cesar
E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical
Park Proposed Boundary'', numbered 502/179857B, and dated
September 2022.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(4) States.--The term ``States'' means--
(A) the State of California; and
(B) the State of Arizona.
(5) Study.--The term ``Study'' means the study conducted by
the National Park Service entitled ``Cesar Chavez Special
Resource Study and Environmental Assessment'' and submitted
to Congress on October 24, 2013.
(c) Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National
Historical Park.--
(1) Redesignation of cesar e. chavez national monument.--
(A) In general.--The Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
established on October 8, 2012, by Presidential Proclamation
8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) is redesignated as the ``Cesar
E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical
Park''.
(B) Availability of funds.--Any funds available for the
purposes of the monument referred to in subparagraph (A)
shall be available for the purposes of the historical park.
(C) References.--Any reference in a law, regulation,
document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to
the monument referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be
considered to be a reference to the ``Cesar E. Chavez and the
Farmworker Movement National Historical Park''.
(2) Boundary.--
(A) In general.--The boundary of the historical park shall
include the area identified as ``Cesar E. Chavez National
Monument'' in Keene, California, as generally depicted on the
map.
(B) Inclusion of additional sites.--Subject to subparagraph
(C), the Secretary may include within the boundary of the
historical park the following sites, as generally depicted on
the map:
(i) The Forty Acres in Delano, California.
(ii) Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
(iii) McDonnell Hall in San Jose, California.
(C) Conditions for inclusion.--A site described in
subparagraph (B) shall not be included in the boundary of the
historical park until--
(i) the date on which the Secretary acquires the land or an
interest in the land at the site; or
(ii) the date on which the Secretary enters into a written
agreement with the owner of the site providing that the site
shall be managed in accordance with this section.
(D) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which
the Secretary includes a site described in subparagraph (B)
in the historical park, the Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register notice of the addition to the historical
park.
(3) Availability of map.--The map shall be available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service.
(4) Land acquisition.--The Secretary may acquire land and
interests in land within the area generally depicted on the
map as ``Proposed NPS Boundary'' by donation, purchase from a
willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, or
exchange.
(5) Administration.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the
historical park in accordance with--
(i) this subsection; and
(ii) the laws generally applicable to units of the National
Park System, including--
(I) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections
100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54, United
States Code; and
(II) chapter 3201 of title 54, United States Code.
(B) Interpretation.--The Secretary may provide technical
assistance and public interpretation of historic sites,
museums, and resources on land not administered by the
Secretary relating to the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the
history of the farmworker movement.
(C) Cooperative agreements.--The Secretary may enter into
cooperative agreements with the States, local governments,
public and private organizations, and individuals to provide
for the preservation, development, interpretation, and use of
the historical park.
(6) General management plan.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after the date on
which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph,
the Secretary shall prepare a general management plan for the
historical park in accordance with section 100502 of title
54, United States Code.
(B) Additional sites.--
(i) In general.--The general management plan prepared under
subparagraph (A) shall include a determination of whether
there are--
(I) sites located in the Coachella Valley in the State of
California that were reviewed in the Study that should be
added to the historical park;
(II) additional representative sites in the States that
were reviewed in the Study that should be added to the
historical park; or
(III) sites outside of the States in the United States that
relate to the farmworker movement that should be linked to,
and interpreted at, the historical park.
(ii) Recommendation.--On completion of the preparation of
the general management plan under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives any recommendations
for additional sites to be included in the historical park.
(C) Consultation.--The general management plan under
subparagraph (A) shall be prepared in consultation with--
(i) any owner of land that is included within the
boundaries of the historical park; and
(ii) appropriate Federal, State, and Tribal agencies,
public and private organizations, and individuals,
including--
(I) the National Chavez Center; and
(II) the Cesar Chavez Foundation.
(d) Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historical Trail
Study.--Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(50) Farmworker peregrinacion national historic trail.--
The Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail, a route
of approximately 300 miles taken by farmworkers between
Delano and Sacramento, California, in 1966, as generally
depicted as `Alternative C' in the study conducted by the
National Park Service entitled `Cesar Chavez Special Resource
Study and Environmental Assessment' and submitted to Congress
on October 24, 2013.''.
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