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Calendar No. 140
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 118-66
CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL PARK DESIGNATION
JULY 19, 2023.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 736]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 736), to establish the Chiricahua National Park
in the State of Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 736 is to redesignate the Chiricahua National
Monument in the State of Arizona as Chiricahua National Park.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Established by Presidential Proclamation issued by President
Coolidge in 1924 under the authority of the Antiquities Act, the
Chiricahua National Monument protects approximately 12,000
acres of unique natural and cultural heritage in Cochise County,
Arizona. The national monument is primarily known for its unique
standing rock formations eroded from rhyolitic tuff, but also in-
cludes a varied biological landscape due to its location at the cross-
roads of four biogeographical regions.
The national monument's cultural landscape includes the home-
land of the Chiricahua Apache Indians and their ancestors, 19th
century homesteads, Buffalo Soldier history, an early 20th century
guest ranch, and a depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps
camp. In 1976, Congress designated the majority of the national
monument as wilderness.
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