S. Rept. 108-20 - Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act, 2003-03-19

• Date: 19 March 2003
• Type of Document: House Report
• Issuer: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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Calendar No. 35

108

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ONGRESS

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EPORT

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SENATE

1st Session 108–20

CE

´SAR ESTRADA CHA

´VEZ STUDY ACT

M

ARCH

19, 2003.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. D

OMENICI

, from the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources, submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany S. 164]

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was

referred the bill (S. 164) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior

to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life

of Ce

´sar Estrada Cha

´vez and the farm labor movement, having

considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment

and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.

The amendment is as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof

the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ce

´sar Estrada Cha

´vez Study Act’’.

SEC. 2. RESOURCE STUDY.

(a) I

N

G

ENERAL

.—Not later than 3 years after funds are made available to imple-

ment this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec-

retary’’) shall complete a resource study of sites in the State of Arizona, the State

of California, and other States that are significant to the life of Ce

´sar E. Cha

´vez

and the farm labor movement in the western United States to determine appro-

priate methods for preserving and interpreting the sites; and to determine whether

any of the sites meets the criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic

Places or designation as a national historic landmark under the Act of August 21,

1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.); and the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.

470 et seq.).

(b) R

EQUIREMENTS

.—In conducting the study the Secretary shall consider the cri-

teria for the study of areas of potential inclusion in the National Park System under

section 8(b)(2) of Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(b)(2)).

(c) C

ONSULTATION

.—In conducting the study the Secretary shall consult with—

(1) the Ce

´sar E. Cha

´vez Foundation;

(2) the United Farm Workers Union; and

(3) State and local historical associations and societies, including State His-

toric Preservation Offices in the State where a site is located.

(d) R

EPORT

.—On completion of the study the Secretary shall submit to the Com-

mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy

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