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No Funding to Honor Crime Scenes Act
To abolish and defund the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill abolishes the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in California, which was established by presidential proclamation in 2012. Any previously appropriated funds that have not been obligated for the monument may no longer be used to support its operation or maintenance, except for necessary actions to carry out the abolishment. These unobligated funds are transferred and made available to support the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, which provides for DNA analysis of crime-related evidence.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John Cornyn’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CAPITAL GROUP $22,500
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $16,500
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $13,686
- WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $12,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John Cornyn → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 25, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Mar 25, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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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