This bill would close the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in California and require the federal government to sell the property within 90 days of the law's enactment. The monument, which was established in 2012 and includes Cesar Chavez's home, gravesite, and memorial garden, would be closed to public access immediately and removed from federal protection. The bill prohibits any future federal funding for the monument and requires that proceeds from selling the site, along with any previously appropriated but unspent funds, be redirected to the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act program, which helps process DNA evidence in criminal cases. The sale would occur at fair market value, and the bill makes clear that no federal agency can spend money on maintaining or operating the site after enactment. This legislation would effectively end the federal government's involvement with this national monument that honors the labor rights activist and union organizer.
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