Direct the Department of the Interior to evaluate the Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey for potential designation as a National Historic Park.

Rep. Panetta authored and introduced the American Sovereignty and Monterey Historic Military Site Study Act, directing the Department of the Interior to evaluate the Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey for potential designation as a National Historic Park.

Panetta introduced legislation directing Interior to study the Lower Presidio for possible National Historic Park designation.

Rep. Panetta Introduces Legislation to Designate the Lower Presidio as a National Historic Park
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A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey, California.

Panetta introduced legislation directing Interior to study Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey.

CREC-2026-05-12-pt1-PgH3391-5.pdf
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The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on H.R. 8735, with the bill listed on the agenda and NPS testimony included.

Official committee record shows Panetta's Lower Presidio study bill advanced to a subcommittee hearing, which is concrete action but not enactment.

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Legislative hearing on H.R. 184, H.R. 2785, H.R. 7695, H.R. 8682, H.R. 8686, H.R. 8688 and H.R. 8735 | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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The Congressional Record shows Rep. Panetta introducing H.R. 8735 to direct Interior to conduct a special resource study of Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey, California, and referring it to Natural Resources.

This is the core legislative action matching the claim's requested Interior evaluation, but it remained only an introduced bill at that point.

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CREC-2026-05-12-pt1-PgH3391-5.pdf
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