[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4910-S4911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2566. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10___. CESAR E. CHAVEZ AND THE FARMWORKER MOVEMENT 
                   NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; FARMWORKER 
                   PEREGRINACION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY.

       (a) Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
     Historical Park.--
       (1) Purpose.--The purpose of this subsection is to 
     establish the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement 
     National Historical Park--
       (A) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally 
     significant resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the 
     farmworker movement;
       (B) 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
       (C) to support and enhance the network of sites and 
     resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the farmworker 
     movement.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Historical park.--The term ``historical park'' means 
     the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National 
     Historical Park designated by paragraph (3)(A).
       (B) 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.
       (C) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (D) States.--The term ``States'' means--
       (i) the State of California; and
       (ii) the State of Arizona.
       (E) 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.
       (3) 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''.
       (4) 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--

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       (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 subsection.
       (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.
       (5) Availability of map.--The map shall be available for 
     public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National 
     Park Service.
       (6) 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.
       (7) 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.
       (8) 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.

       (b) Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic 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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