This Act renames the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument as the Cesar E. Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park. It sets the park boundary to include the area in Keene, California, as shown on a specified map. The Secretary of the Interior may add three sites shown on the map — The Forty Acres in Delano, Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, and McDonnell Hall in San Jose — only after the Secretary acquires the land or enters a written agreement with the owner to manage the site under this Act. Funds available for the existing monument become available for the historical park. The Secretary may acquire land within the proposed boundary by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange. The Secretary will administer the park under laws that apply to National Park Service units and may provide technical assistance, public interpretation, and cooperative agreements with states, local governments, organizations, and individuals. The Secretary must prepare a general management plan within three years after funds are made available. That plan must consider whether to add sites reviewed in the 2013 National Park Service Study, including sites in the Coachella Valley, additional sites in the States, or sites outside the States that relate to the farmworker movement, and must be prepared in consultation with landowners, agencies, and groups including the National Chavez Center and the Cesar Chavez Foundation. The Act also adds the Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail to the National Trails System, describing a roughly 300-mile route from Delano to Sacramento identified in the 2013 Study.
If enacted, an existing national monument would be redesignated as a national historical park. The park could be expanded to include several sites tied to Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement if the federal government acquires those sites or reaches written agreements with owners. The National Park Service may run preservation and interpretation programs, assist with related sites it does not own, and enter cooperative agreements with partners. A formal general management plan must be completed within three years after funds are available. The bill also names a historic trail route between Delano and Sacramento for the National Trails System.
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The bill states its purposes are to preserve, protect, and interpret resources associated with Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement; to help the public understand their achievements and contributions; and to support and enhance a network of related sites. It gives the National Park Service authority to manage the park, acquire or accept lands, and work with partners.
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