118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1097 

AN ACT 

To establish the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in the States of California 

and Arizona, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and 

3 the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

6 The purpose of this Act is to establish the Ce ́sar E. 

7 Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Movement National Histor8 ical Park— 

9 (1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the 

10 nationally significant resources associated with 

11 Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farmworker movement; 

12 (2) to interpret and provide for a broader un13 derstanding of the extraordinary achievements and 

14 contributions to the history of the United States 

15 made by Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farmworker move16 ment; and 

17 (3) to support and enhance the network of sites 

18 and resources associated with Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the 

19 farmworker movement. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 

23 park’’ means the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farm24 worker Movement National Historical Park estab25 lished by section 4. 
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1 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en2 titled ‘‘Cesar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Move3 ment National Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, 

4 numbered 502/179857B, and dated September 

5 2022. 

6 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 (4) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ means— 

9 (A) the State of California; and 

10 (B) the State of Arizona. 

11 (5) STUDY.—The term ‘‘Study’’ means the 

12 study conducted by the National Park Service enti13 tled ‘‘Ce ́sar Cha ́vez Special Resource Study and En14 vironmental Assessment’’ and submitted to Congress 

15 on October 24, 2013. 

16 SEC. 4. CE ́ SAR E. CHA ́ VEZ AND THE FARMWORKER MOVE17 MENT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

18 (a) REDESIGNATION OF CE ́SAR E. CHA ́VEZ NA19 TIONAL MONUMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez Na21 tional Monument established on October 8, 2012, by 

22 Presidential Proclamation 8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 

23 note) is redesignated as the ‘‘Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and 

24 the Farmworker Movement National Historical 

25 Park’’. 
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1 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds avail2 able for the purposes of the monument referred to 

3 in paragraph (1) shall be available for the purposes 

4 of the historical park. 

5 (3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, reg6 ulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 

7 the United States to the monument referred to in 

8 paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a reference 

9 to the ‘‘Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmworker Move10 ment National Historical Park’’. 

11 (b) BOUNDARY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the histor13 ical park shall include the area identified as ‘‘Ce ́sar 

14 E. Cha ́vez National Monument’’ in Keene, Cali15 fornia, as generally depicted on the map. 

16 (2) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL SITES.—Subject 

17 to paragraph (3), the Secretary may include within 

18 the boundary of the historical park the following 

19 sites, as generally depicted on the map: 

20 (A) The Forty Acres in Delano, California. 

21 (B) Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Ari22 zona. 

23 (C) McDonnell Hall in San Jose, Cali24 fornia. 
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1 (3) CONDITIONS FOR INCLUSION.—A site de2 scribed in paragraph (2) shall not be included in the 

3 boundary of the historical park until— 

4 (A) the date on which the Secretary ac5 quires the land or an interest in the land at the 

6 site; or 

7 (B) the date on which the Secretary enters 

8 into a written agreement with the owner of the 

9 site providing that the site shall be managed in 

10 accordance with this Act. 

11 (4) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 

12 date on which the Secretary includes a site described 

13 in paragraph (2) in the historical park, the Sec14 retary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of 

15 the addition to the historical park. 

16 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be avail17 able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

18 National Park Service. 

19 (d) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 

20 land and interests in land within the area generally de21 picted on the map as ‘‘Proposed NPS Boundary’’ by dona22 tion, purchase from a willing seller with donated or appro23 priated funds, or exchange. 

24 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin2 ister the historical park in accordance with— 

3 (A) this section; and 

4 (B) the laws generally applicable to units 

5 of the National Park System, including— 

6 (i) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, 

7 and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, 

8 and 102101 of title 54, United States 

9 Code; and 

10 (ii) chapter 3201 of title 54, United 

11 States Code. 

12 (2) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary may pro13 vide technical assistance and public interpretation of 

14 historic sites, museums, and resources on land not 

15 administered by the Secretary relating to the life of 

16 Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the history of the farmworker 

17 movement. 

18 (3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec19 retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

20 the States, local governments, public and private or21 ganizations, and individuals to provide for the pres22 ervation, development, interpretation, and use of the 

23 historical park. 

24 (f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

2 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

3 out this subsection, the Secretary shall prepare a 

4 general management plan for the historical park in 

5 accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 

6 States Code. 

7 (2) ADDITIONAL SITES.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The general manage9 ment plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall 

10 include a determination of whether there are— 

11 (i) sites located in the Coachella Val12 ley in the State of California that were re13 viewed in the Study that should be added 

14 to the historical park; 

15 (ii) additional representative sites in 

16 the States that were reviewed in the Study 

17 that should be added to the historical park; 

18 or 

19 (iii) sites outside of the States in the 

20 United States that relate to the farm21 worker movement that should be linked to, 

22 and interpreted at, the historical park. 

23 (B) RECOMMENDATION.—On completion of 

24 the preparation of the general management 

25 plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
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1 submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat2 ural Resources of the Senate and the Com3 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 

4 Representatives any recommendations for addi5 tional sites to be included in the historical park. 

6 (3) CONSULTATION.—The general management 

7 plan under paragraph (1) shall be prepared in con8 sultation with— 

9 (A) any owner of land that is included 

10 within the boundaries of the historical park; 

11 and 

12 (B) appropriate Federal, State, and Tribal 

13 agencies, public and private organizations, and 

14 individuals, including— 

15 (i) the National Cha ́vez Center; and 

16 (ii) the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez Foundation. 

17 SEC. 5. FARMWORKER PEREGRINACIO ́ N NATIONAL HISTOR18 ICAL TRAIL STUDY. 

19 Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 

20 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(50) FARMWORKER PEREGRINACIO ́N NA23 TIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.—The Farmworker 

24 Peregrinacio ́n National Historic Trail, a route of ap25 proximately 300 miles taken by farmworkers be-
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1 tween Delano and Sacramento, California, in 1966, 

2 as generally depicted as ‘Alternative C’ in the study 

3 conducted by the National Park Service entitled 

4 ‘Ce ́sar Cha ́vez Special Resource Study and Environ5 mental Assessment’ and submitted to Congress on 

6 October 24, 2013.’’. 

Passed the Senate December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1097 

AN ACT 

To establish the Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez and the Farmother purposes. the States of California and Arizona, and for worker Movement National Historical Park in