César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act

This bill would create the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park in California and Arizona by turning the current César E. Chávez National Monument into a larger national historical park. The goal is to protect important places and help more people learn about César Chávez and the farmworker movement across a network of sites .

The park would include the existing site in Keene, California, and could add The Forty Acres in Delano (CA), Santa Rita Center in Phoenix (AZ), and McDonnell Hall in San Jose (CA). New places can be added when the government buys land from a willing seller, accepts a donation, or signs a written agreement with the owner; the Park Service must post a public notice within 30 days, and the park map will be available for the public to see at National Park Service offices . The Park Service can partner with states, local groups, and others, and it can help tell the story at related museums and sites even if they are not federal land. It must also create a management plan within three years after funding is available and consider adding more sites, including in the Coachella Valley and possibly in other states, after talking with landowners and groups like the National Chávez Center and the César Chávez Foundation . The bill also adds the 300‑mile 1966 Farmworker Peregrinación route from Delano to Sacramento to the list of trails the federal government will study for possible National Historic Trail status.

Key points

• Who is affected: Communities and visitors in Keene, Delano, San Jose, and Phoenix; owners of the named sites; and state and local partners who may work with the Park Service .
• What changes: The current monument becomes a national historical park; specific sites may be added; land can be acquired from willing sellers, by donation, or by exchange; public notices and a public map are required; the Park Service can partner with others and offer educational support at non-federal sites; and a federal study of the historic 1966 march route is ordered .
• When: The Park Service must finish a management plan within three years after funding is available; new sites can be added once land is acquired or agreements are signed, with a public notice within 30 days of each addition.