Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with Kiowa County, Colorado: (1) to assist in the renovation of the Murdock Building in Eads, Colorado; (2) for use of a part of the Murdock Building by the National Park Service (NPS) as the visitor center and administrative offices for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site (the Park); and (3) to provide up to $650,000 to Kiowa County toward the cost of renovations and furnishing of the Murdock Building.

Sets forth a federal matching requirement. Requires the use of such federal funds for making improvements to, and installing furnishings within, those parts of the Murdock Building used by the Park. Prohibits the use of such funds to pay for personnel or other costs associated with the operation of the Murdock Building as a park visitor center.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6049 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6049

 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Kiowa 
 County, Colorado, to restore the Murdock Building in Eads, Colorado, 
  for use as the visitor center for the Sand Creek Massacre National 
                             Historic Site.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2010

    Ms. Markey of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Kiowa 
 County, Colorado, to restore the Murdock Building in Eads, Colorado, 
  for use as the visitor center for the Sand Creek Massacre National 
                             Historic Site.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sand Creek Massacre National 
Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Sand Creek Massacre 
        National Historic Site.
            (3) NPS.--The term ``NPS'' means the National Park Service.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Park was established on April 28, 2007, as the 39th 
        unit of the National Park System;
            (2) the authorizing legislation for the Park states that a 
        NPS support facility not within the designated boundary of the 
        Park may be located in Kiowa County;
            (3) the Murdock Building, on Eads' main street, has been 
        purchased by Kiowa County and initial stabilization work has 
        begun;
            (4) if renovated, the Murdock Building could serve as the 
        Park's visitor center and administrative offices; and
            (5) Kiowa County is actively engaged in adaptive reuse of 
        formerly abandoned historic structures, which has earned the 
        county designation as a Preserve America Community.

SEC. 4. AGREEMENT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary may enter into a cooperative 
agreement with Kiowa County, Colorado--
            (1) to assist in the renovation of the Murdock Building, in 
        Eads, Colorado;
            (2) for the use of a portion of the Murdock Building by the 
        NPS as the visitor center and administrative offices for the 
        Park; and
            (3) to provide up to $650,000, subject to appropriations, 
        to Kiowa County towards the cost of renovations and furnishing 
        of the Murdock Building.
    (b) Funding.--Federal funds provided under subsection (a)(3)--
            (1) shall be matched on a 4:1 Federal to non-Federal basis 
        and the non-Federal contributions may be in the form of in-kind 
        contributions of goods or services fairly valued;
            (2) shall be used to make improvements to, and install 
        furnishings within, the Murdock Building for those portions of 
        the building used by the Park; and
            (3) shall not be used to pay for personnel or other costs 
        associated with the operation of the Murdock Building as a park 
        visitor center.
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