S. 3715 — Chiricahua National Park Act

This section designates the Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as Chiricahua National Park, with boundaries as generally depicted on the map entitled “Chiricahua National Park Proposed Boundary”, numbered 145/156,356, and dated March 2021. It updates all references to the monument to refer to the park, makes monument funds available for the park, and directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer the park under Presidential Proclamations 1692 and 2288 and laws generally applicable to the National Park System.

This section requires the Secretary of the Interior to protect traditional cultural and religious sites in the National Park under National Park Service laws and to consult with Indian Tribes on such protection. It mandates access for tribal members to those sites for traditional cultural and customary uses and authorizes temporary closures of the smallest practicable area for the minimum time necessary to protect those uses.