Arizona monument becomes a park with tribal access rights
H.R. 6380 — Chiricahua National Park Act · Filed by Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Dec 3, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill changes Chiricahua Monument in Arizona into Chiricahua Park. The land stays the same, but gets a higher status. The bill says the Interior Secretary must protect Native American sacred and religious sites. Tribes can use the land for their rituals and traditions. The Secretary can close areas to visitors when tribes need them.
Who it affects
Native American tribes gain the right to use the land for their rituals and traditions. The public can still visit the park. Some areas may close to visitors for tribal use.
One thing to notice
The bill lets the Secretary close park areas when tribes ask. Closures must be the smallest area and shortest time needed. The bill does not give the park new money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Dec 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
- Dec 11, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
- Feb 11, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Feb 11, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent”
- Mar 16, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2525)”
- Mar 16, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.
Those reports show $139,430 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 46 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Juan Ciscomani, who sponsored the bill, received $1,687,277 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- National Parks Conservation Association — $139,430 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- monument — A protected area of public land with a lower status than a park
- Interior Secretary — The head of the department that manages public lands
- sacred — Holy or important to a religion or culture
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,922 characters) on Jul 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-21.
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