No Funding to Honor Crime Scenes Act

John Cornyn

Republican · TX · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

2026-04-14

Source: Congress.gov

This bill would transfer the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in California from federal government ownership to another entity, likely a state or local government or private organization. The change would affect how the monument is managed and who controls its operations and future use. The bill is currently under review by the Senate committee responsible for federal lands and natural resources.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4293 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4293 To close and dispose of Federal ownership of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 14, 2026 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To close and dispose of Federal ownership of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Funding to Honor Crime Scenes Act''. SEC. 2. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF CESAR E. CHAVEZ NATIONAL MONUMENT. (a) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Monument.--The term ``Monument'' means the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument established in the State of California by Presidential Proclamation 8884, as issued on October 8, 2012 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note). (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. (3) Site.--The term ``site'' means-- (A) any federally owned land within the boundary of the Monument, including-- (i) the Cesar Chavez Home; and (ii) the Cesar Chavez Gravesite and Memorial Garden; (B) any contents within the personal office of Cesar Chavez at the Monument owned by the Federal Government. (b) References in Law to Monument.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States in which the ``Cesar E. Chavez National Monument'' is referenced, ``Cesar E. Chavez'' shall be struck from the reference to the Monument. (c) Closure of Monument.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall close all Federal property within the Monument to public access. (d) Applicable Law.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, Presidential Proclamation 8884, as issued on October 8, 2012 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), shall have no force or effect. (e) Defunding.--No additional Federal funds may be appropriated to the Monument. (f) Disposal of Site.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall dispose of the site for fair market value. (g) Transfer; Proceeds.--On disposal of the site under subsection (f), any unobligated amounts previously appropriated or otherwise made available for the Monument and any proceeds from the disposal of the site shall be transferred and made available to carry out section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701). <all>

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