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S. 3715119th Congress
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S 3715 would redesignate Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as Chiricahua National Park, with the same boundaries and funding.
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The bill renames Chiricahua National Monument as "Chiricahua National Park," keeping its physical boundaries and existing funding intact. All legal references to the "monument" would now mean the "park," and the site would be managed under standard national park rules.
This affects visitors to and managers of the site, Arizona residents and tourism businesses near the park, the National Park Service, and Native American tribes with cultural or religious ties to the land.
The change is largely one of status and branding, though it could raise public recognition and visitation since national parks tend to draw more attention than monuments. The bill also requires continued protection of tribal cultural and religious sites, including tribal access and possible temporary closures to the public.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.