(1) on October 8, 2012, the Ce´sar E. Cha´vez 
National Monument was established by Presidential 
Proclamation 8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note) for the 
purposes of protecting and interpreting the nation-
ally significant resources associated with the prop-
erty in Keene, California, known as ‘‘Nuestra 
Sen˜ora Reina de la Paz’’; 
(2) Nuestra Sen˜ora Reina de la Paz— 
(A) served as the national headquarters of 
the United Farm Workers; and 
(B) was the home and workplace of Ce´sar 
E. Cha´vez, the family of Ce´sar E. Cha´vez, 
union members, and supporters of Ce´sar E. 
Cha´vez; 
(3) while the Ce´sar E. Cha´vez National Monu-
ment marks the extraordinary achievements and 
contributions to the history of the United States by 
Ce´sar Cha´vez and the farmworker movement, there 
are other significant sites in the States of California 
and Arizona that are important to the story of the 
farmworker movement; and 
(4) in the study conducted by the National 
Park Service entitled ‘‘Ce´sar Cha´vez Special Re-
source Study and Environmental Assessment’’ and 
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submitted to Congress on October 24, 2013, the Na-
tional Park Service— 
(A)(i) found that several sites associated 
with Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and the farmworker 
movement— 
(I) are suitable for inclusion in the 
National Park System; and 
(II) depict a distinct and important 
aspect of the history of the United States 
not otherwise adequately represented at ex-
isting units of the National Park System; 
and 
(ii) recommended that Congress establish a 
national historical park to honor the role that 
Ce´sar E. Cha´vez played in lifting up the lives 
of farmworkers; and 
(B)(i) found that the route of the 1966 
march from Delano to Sacramento, California, 
meets National Historic Landmark criteria; 
(ii) recommended that the potential for 
designation of the route as a national historic 
trail be further explored; and 
(iii) indicated that the National Park Serv-
ice could work with partner organizations and 
agencies to provide for interpretation programs 
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along the route of the 1966 march from Delano 
to Sacramento, California. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish the Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and the Farmworker Movement 
National Historical Park— 
(1) to help preserve, protect, and interpret the 
nationally significant resources associated with 
Ce´sar Cha´vez and the farmworker movement; 
(2) to interpret and provide for a broader un-
derstanding of the extraordinary achievements and 
contributions to the history of the United States 
made by Ce´sar Cha´vez and the farmworker move-
ment; and 
(3) to support and enhance the network of sites 
and resources associated with Ce´sar Cha´vez and the 
farmworker movement. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HISTORICAL PARK.—The term ‘‘historical 
park’’ means the Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and the Farm-
worker Movement National Historical Park estab-
lished by section 4. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en-
titled ‘‘Cesar E. Cha´vez and the Farmworker Move-
ment National Historical Park Proposed Boundary’’, 
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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 enti-
tled ‘‘Ce´sar Cha´vez Special Resource Study and En-
vironmental Assessment’’ and submitted to Congress 
on October 24, 2013. 
SEC. 4. CE´ SAR E. CHA´ VEZ AND THE FARMWORKER MOVE-
MENT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. 
(a) REDESIGNATION
OF CE´SAR E. CHA´VEZ NA-
TIONAL MONUMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Ce´sar E. Cha´vez Na-
tional Monument established on October 8, 2012, by 
Presidential Proclamation 8884 (54 U.S.C. 320301 
note) is redesignated as the ‘‘Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and 
the Farmworker Movement National Historical 
Park’’. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds avail-
able for the purposes of the monument referred to 
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in paragraph (1) shall be available for the purposes 
of the historical park. 
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, reg-
ulation, document, record, map, or other paper of 
the United States to the monument referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and the Farmworker Move-
ment National Historical Park’’. 
(b) BOUNDARY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the histor-
ical park shall include the area identified as ‘‘Ce´sar 
E. Cha´vez National Monument’’ in Keene, Cali-
fornia, as generally depicted on the Map. 
(2) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL SITES.—Subject 
to paragraph (3), the Secretary may include within 
the boundary of the historical park the following 
sites, as generally depicted on the Map: 
(A) The Forty Acres in Delano, California. 
(B) Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Ari-
zona. 
(C) McDonnell Hall in San Jose, Cali-
fornia. 
(3) CONDITIONS FOR INCLUSION.—A site de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall not be included in the 
boundary of the historical park until— 
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(A) the date on which the Secretary ac-
quires the land or an interest in the land at the 
site; or 
(B) 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 Act. 
(4) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Secretary includes a site described 
in paragraph (2) in the historical park, the Sec-
retary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of 
the addition to the historical park. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service. 
(d) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary may acquire 
land and interests in land within the area generally de-
picted on the Map as ‘‘Proposed NPS Boundary’’ by dona-
tion, purchase from a willing seller with donated or appro-
priated funds, or exchange. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister the historical park in accordance with— 
(A) this section; and 
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(B) 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. 
(2) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary may pro-
vide technical assistance and public interpretation of 
historic sites, museums, and resources on land not 
administered by the Secretary relating to the life of 
Ce´sar E. Cha´vez and the history of the farmworker 
movement. 
(3) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
the States, local governments, public and private or-
ganizations, and individuals to provide for the pres-
ervation, development, interpretation, and use of the 
historical park. 
(f) GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date on which funds are made available to carry 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall prepare a 
general management plan for the historical park in 
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accordance with section 100502 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(2) ADDITIONAL SITES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The general manage-
ment plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall 
include a determination of whether there are— 
(i) sites located in the Coachella Val-
ley in the State of California that were re-
viewed 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 farm-
worker movement that should be linked to, 
and interpreted at, the historical park. 
(B) RECOMMENDATION.—On completion of 
the preparation of the general management 
plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 
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Representatives any recommendations for addi-
tional sites to be included in the historical park. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The general management 
plan under paragraph (1) shall be prepared in con-
sultation with— 
(A) any owner of land that is included 
within the boundaries of the historical park; 
and 
(B) appropriate Federal, State, and Tribal 
agencies, public and private organizations, and 
individuals, including— 
(i) the National Cha´vez Center; and 
(ii) the Ce´sar Cha´vez Foundation. 
SEC. 5. FARMWORKER PEREGRINACIO´ N NATIONAL HISTOR-
ICAL 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(50) 
FARMWORKER
PEREGRINACIO´N
NA-
TIONAL
HISTORIC
TRAIL.—The 
Farmworker 
Peregrinacio´n National Historic Trail, a route of ap-
proximately 300 miles taken by farmworkers be-
tween Delano and Sacramento, California, in 1966, 
as generally depicted as ‘Alternative C’ in the study 
conducted by the National Park Service entitled 
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‘Ce´sar Cha´vez Special Resource Study and Environ-
mental Assessment’ and submitted to Congress on 
October 24, 2013.’’. 
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