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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4882 

To establish the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez National Historical Park in the States of 

California and Arizona, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2016 

Mr. RUIZ (for himself and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ce ́sar Cha ́vez National 

5 Historical Park Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 

8 findings: 

9 (1) The Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National Monument 

10 was established by Presidential Proclamation 8884 


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1 on October 8, 2012, for the purposes of protecting 

2 and interpreting the nationally significant resources 

3 associated with the property in Keene, California, 

4 known as Nuestra Sen ̃ora Reina de la Paz. 

5 (2) Nuestra Sen ̃ora Reina de la Paz served as 

6 the national headquarters of the United Farm 

7 Workers movement, and was the home and work8 place of Ce ́sar Cha ́vez, his family, union members, 

9 and supporters. 

10 (3) While Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National Monument 

11 marks the extraordinary achievements and contribu12 tions to the history of the United States by Ce ́sar 

13 Cha ́vez and the farm worker movement, there are 

14 other significant sites in California and Arizona that 

15 are important to the story of the farm worker move16 ment. 

17 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab18 lish the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez National Historical Park— 

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

20 nationally significant resources associated with 

21 Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farm worker movement; 

22 (2) to interpret and provide for a broader un23 derstanding of the extraordinary achievements and 

24 contributions to the history of the United Sates 


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1 made by Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farm worker move2 ment; and 

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

4 and resources associated with Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the 

5 farm worker movement. 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this section: 

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

9 park’’ means the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez National Historical 

10 Park established by section 4(a). 

11 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en12 titled, ‘‘lll’’, numbered lll, and dated 

13 lll, ll. 

14 (3) ROUTE.—The term ‘‘route’’ means the 

15 ‘‘American Farm Worker Movement Interpretive 

16 Route’’ established by section 5. 

17 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of Interior. 

19 (5) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ means— 

20 (A) the State of California; and 

21 (B) the State of Arizona. 

22 SEC. 4. CE ́ SAR CHA ́ VEZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

24 States a unit of the National Park System to be known 

25 as the ‘‘Ce ́sar Cha ́vez National Historical Park’’. 


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1 (b) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the historical park 

2 shall include the following areas as generally depicted on 

3 the map: 

4 (1) The Forty Acres and Filipino Community 

5 Hall in Delano, California. 

6 (2) Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National Monument, which 

7 includes La Nuestra Sen ̃ora Reina de la Paz, in 

8 Keene, California. 

9 (3) McDonnell Hall in San Jose, California. 

10 (4) Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona. 

11 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be avail12 able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 

13 National Park Service, Department of Interior. 

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

15 land and interests in land that are within the boundary 

16 of the historical park by donation, purchase with donated 

17 or appropriated funds, or exchange. 

18 (e) ABOLISHMENT OF CE ́SAR E. CHA ́VEZ NATIONAL

19 MONUMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National 

21 Monument is hereby abolished and the lands and in22 terests therein are incorporated within and made 

23 part of the historical park. Any funds available for 

24 purposes of the monument shall be available for pur25 poses of the historical park. 


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1 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law 

2 (other than in this Act), regulation, document, 

3 record, map or other paper of the United States to 

4 Ce ́sar E. Cha ́vez National Monument shall be con5 sidered a reference to the historical park. 

6 (f) ADMINISTRATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin8 ister the historical park in accordance with this sec9 tion, and the laws generally applicable to units of 

10 the National Park System, including— 

11 (A) those sections of title 54, United 

12 States Code, formerly part of the Act of August 

13 25, 1916 (commonly known as the National 

14 Park System Organic Act); and 

15 (B) sections 320101 through 320106 and 

16 section 309101 of title 54, United States Code. 

17 (2) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary may pro18 vide staff and technical assistance for the purpose of 

19 interpreting historic sites, museums, and resources 

20 on lands not administered by the Secretary relating 

21 to the life of Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the history of the 

22 farm worker movement. 

23 (3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

25 enter into cooperative agreements with the 


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1 States, local governments, public and private 

2 organizations, and individuals— 

3 (i) to mark, interpret, preserve, and 

4 restore nationally significant historic or 

5 cultural resources relating to the life of 

6 Ce ́sar Cha ́vez or the history of the farm 

7 worker movement within the boundaries of 

8 the historical park, if the agreement pro9 vides for reasonable public access; 

10 (ii) to conduct research relating to the 

11 life of Ce ́sar Cha ́vez or the history of the 

12 farm worker movement; or 

13 (iii) to design, construct, operate, or 

14 maintain National Park Service visitor, in15 terpretive, or administrative facilities for 

16 the historical park. 

17 (B) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 

18 (i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal 

19 share of the total cost of an activity car20 ried out under this paragraph shall not ex21 ceed 50 percent. 

22 (ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

23 SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 

24 cost of carrying out an activity under this 

25 paragraph may be in the form of in-kind 


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1 contributions or goods or services, fairly 

2 valued. 

3 (g) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

5 the date on which funds are made available to carry 

6 out this section, the Secretary shall prepare a gen7 eral management plan for the historical park in ac8 cordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (2) ADDITIONAL SITES.—The general manage11 ment plan shall include a determination of whether 

12 there are additional representative sites in the States 

13 that should be added to the historical park or sites 

14 in the rest of the United States that relate to the 

15 farm worker movement that should be linked to and 

16 interpreted at the historical park. 

17 (3) CONSULTATION.—The general management 

18 plan shall be prepared in consultation with— 

19 (A) owners of properties that are included 

20 within the boundaries of the historical park; 

21 and 

22 (B) appropriate Federal, State, public and 

23 private organizations and individuals, includ24 ing— 

25 (i) the National Cha ́vez Center; and 


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1 (ii) the Ce ́sar Cha ́vez Foundation. 

2 SEC. 5. AMERICAN FARM WORKER MOVEMENT INTERPRE3 TIVE ROUTE. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ROUTE.—The Secretary, 

5 with the concurrence of the agency having jurisdiction over 

6 the relevant roads, trails, and properties, may designate 

7 a vehicular tour route known as the ‘‘American Farm 

8 Worker Movement Interpretive Route’’ to link properties 

9 in the States that are historically and thematically associ10 ated with Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farm worker movement. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS OF ROUTE.—Subject to the consent 

12 of the owner of the property, the Secretary may designate 

13 as an official stop on the route— 

14 (1) all units and programs of the historical 

15 park relating to the life of Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the his16 tory of the farm worker movement; 

17 (2) other Federal, State, local, and privately 

18 owned properties that the Secretary determines have 

19 a verifiable connection to Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farm 

20 worker movement; and 

21 (3) other governmental and nongovernmental 

22 facilities and programs of an educational, commemo23 rative, research, or interpretive nature that the Sec24 retary determines to be related to Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and 

25 the history of the farm worker movement. 


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1 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF ROUTE.—The route shall be 

2 administered by the Secretary. 

3 (d) ACTIVITIES.—To facilitate the establishment of 

4 the route and the dissemination of information regarding 

5 the route, the Secretary may— 

6 (1) work with interested entities and individuals 

7 to mark, interpret and preserve sites associated with 

8 Ce ́sar Cha ́vez and the farm worker movement; 

9 (2) produce and disseminate appropriate edu10 cational materials regarding the route, such as 

11 handbooks, maps, exhibits, signs, interpretive guides, 

12 and electronic information; 

13 (3) coordinate the management, planning, and 

14 standards of the route in partnership with partici15 pating properties, other Federal agencies, and State 

16 and local governments; 

17 (4) create and adopt an official uniform symbol 

18 or device to mark the route; and 

19 (5) issue guidelines for the use of the symbol or 

20 device adopted under paragraph (4). 

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