{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mcsally.senate.gov/mcsally-introduces-three-bills-preserve-arizonas-landmarks", "McSally Introduces Three Bills to Preserve Arizona\u2019s Landmarks", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Martha McSally", "M001197", "www.mcsally.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S.SENATE  U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) introduced three bills today to preserve Arizona'spubliclands and attract new visitors to the state.\nArizona is home tounique natural and cultural treasures,McSally said.We want to preserve ourdistinctivehistory and ensure it is kept accessible to the public. These efforts will improve our lands and boost Arizona's economy by attracting new tourism to our state.\nThe three bills include the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act; the Chiricahua National Park Act; and the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act.\nYuma Mayor Doug Nicholls:The reauthorization of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area is vitaltocontinuing the transformational work of preserving the Yuma story in its cultures, in its history and in its foundation for many generations to come. Thank you, Senator McSally, for taking the lead and introducing this critical reauthorization bill in the Senate.\nTheYuma Crossing National Heritage Area Reauthorizationwill reauthorize theYuma Crossing National Heritage Area(YCNHA), which expires at the end of Fiscal Year 2021, for an additional 15 years. The National Heritage Area includes the Yuma Crossing National Historic Landmark, the Yuma Territorial Prison and Colorado River State Historic Parks, Fort Yuma, and over 3 miles of contiguous riverfront parks, trails, and 400 acres of restored wetlands.\nYCNHA was established in 2000 throughlegislation by Rep. Ed Pastorand extended for an additional 5 years throughlegislation by Sen. John McCain. The bill has the support of the City of Yuma, Yuma County and the Quechen Indian Tribe.\nClick HERE to read the full bill.\nThe Chiricahua National Park Actwillgive national park status to Chiricahua National Monument. The national monument is comprised of nearly 12,000 acres southeast of Willcox. If passed, Chiricahua would become Arizona's fourth national park. This act would not change the boundaries or funding to the area.\nMcSallyintroducedthislegislation when she was in the House of Representatives.\nTheeffort to recognize Chiricahua as a National Parkhasgarneredstrong support from the City of Benson, the City of Douglas, the City of Tucson, the Southeast Arizona Governments Organization, and the Wilcox Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.\nClick HERE to read the full bill.\nThe Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Actwillimprove the management of the historic resources and nearby infrastructure of the Monument.\nSpecifically, thelegislation will:\n \n\tAllow the National Park Service (NPS) to acquire about 200 acres of adjacent private land from willing sellers\n\tTransfer 11.2 acres of adjacent BLM land to NPS to be administered as part of the Monument\n\tCorrect an unintentional trespass of the San Carlos Irrigation Project (SCIP) by transferring a narrow sliver of land (3.5 acres) along the southern edge of the monument to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be managed as part of SCIP.\n\tAuthorize NPS to enter into a joint administration agreement with the state (if the state wants to) for 200 acres of State Trust land near the Monument that encompasses the historic Adamsville townsite.\n \nClick HERE to read the full bill.\nThisbill is in partnership with a bipartisanHouse versionintroduced by Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) and is supported bythe City of Coolidge, Pinal County, Gila River Indian Community, and the National Park Conservation Association.\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mcsally.senate.gov/mcsally-introduces-three-bills-preserve-arizonas-landmarks"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0524089448153973, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}