HR 6380
Passed a chamber
Renames the Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as Chiricahua National Park, keeps its existing boundaries, and requires the Interior Department to protect traditional cultural and religious sites there while giving tribal members access for traditional uses.
Official title: Chiricahua National Park Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-DEC-2025
Referred
03-DEC-2025
Approved by committee
11-FEB-2026
Reported
12-MAR-2026
On the calendar
12-MAR-2026
Passed
16-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
17-MAR-2026
Approved by committee
29-JUL-2026
Passed
30-SEP-2026
- Redesignates the Chiricahua National Monument as Chiricahua National Park, using the boundaries shown on a map dated March 2021
- Requires references to the monument in federal law, maps, and records to refer to the park instead
- Directs the Secretary of the Interior to protect traditional cultural and religious sites and consult with Indian Tribes
- Lets the Secretary provide tribal members access for traditional uses and, at a tribe's request, temporarily close specific areas to the public, limited to the smallest practicable area and period
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-DEC-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Federal Lands Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
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