S4205Referred to Committee
No Funding to Honor Crime Scenes Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-03-25
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
John Cornyn
Republican · TX · Senator
Votes with party: 34.0% (324 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (1)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2026-03-25
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2026-03-25
Previously
- Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeReferred To · 2026-03-25
Plain-English Summary
This bill would prevent the federal government from using public lands or spending federal money to create memorials or monuments at locations where major crimes have occurred. The legislation aims to stop the government from honoring or commemorating crime scenes on national parks, forests, or other public property that taxpayers own.
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Subjects
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4205 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4205 To abolish and defund the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 25, 2026 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To abolish and defund 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. ABOLISHMENT AND DEFUNDING OF CESAR E. CHAVEZ NATIONAL MONUMENT. (a) Abolishment.--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) (referred to in this section as the ``Cesar E. Chavez National Monument''), is abolished. (b) Defunding; Transfer.--On the abolishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument under subsection (a), any unobligated amounts previously appropriated or otherwise made available for the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument-- (1) may not be used by the Secretary of the Interior to support the operation or maintenance of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, except to conduct necessary actions to carry out that subsection; and (2) 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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