Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Koshare Indian Museum (Museum) on the Otero Junior College campus in La Junta, Colorado, to: (1) assist in the construction and furnishing of an addition to the Museum for use as a curatorial center to house the Museum's collections from Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and other units of the National Park System; (2) provide no more than a specified amount for the construction and furnishing of the addition; and (3) house those portions of the collections of Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and Washita Battlefield National Historic Sites, and possibly collections from other System units, that the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) determines appropriate for the facility.
Requires federal funding provided for the construction and furnishing of such addition to be matched by non-federal contributions on a 1:1 basis.
Requires the curatorial addition authorized by this Act to remain part of the Museum.
Makes the Museum responsible for the maintenance and operational costs associated with the Museum, including the curatorial addition.
Authorizes the assignment of NPS staff to provide curatorial services for the NPS museum objects housed at the Museum and to assist with the curation of other objects housed there.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6050 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6050
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, and in cooperation with the
Koshare Indian Museum, to assist in the expansion of the Museum's
storage facility in La Junta, Colorado, to house the collection of
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site and collections from other
National Park Service units.
_______________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, and in cooperation with the
Koshare Indian Museum, to assist in the expansion of the Museum's
storage facility in La Junta, Colorado, to house the collection of
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site and collections from other
National Park Service units.
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 ``Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections
Facility Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the Koshare Indian
Museum.
(3) NPS.--The term ``NPS'' means the National Park Service.
SEC. 3. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the Museum, a long-established museum on the Otero
Junior College campus in La Junta, Colorado, houses a world-
class collection of Plains Indian and other Native American
material culture;
(2) the Museum is planning an expansion of its collections'
storage facility;
(3) the Museum and Otero Junior College have developed
architectural plans for the new facility;
(4) the expanded collections storage facility could house
the collections of Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and
possibly collections from other National Park System units; and
(5) NPS staff assigned to the storage facility could manage
the NPS collections to NPS standards and assist in the curation
of the Museum's collections.
SEC. 4. AGREEMENT.
(a) Authorization.--The Secretary may enter into a cooperative
agreement with the Museum to--
(1) assist in the construction and furnishing of an
addition to the museum for use as a curatorial center to house
the museum collections from Bent's Old Fort, Sand Creek
Massacre, and other units of the National Park System;
(2) provide no more than $6,000,000 for the construction
and furnishing of the addition to the Museum subject to
available appropriations; and
(3) house those portions of the collections of Bent's Old
Fort, Sand Creek Massacre, and Washita Battlefield National
Historic Sites, and possibly collections from other units of
the National Park System, that the Director of the NPS
determines appropriate for the facility.
(b) Funding.--Federal funding provided under subsection (a) shall
be matched on a 1:1 Federal to non-Federal basis, and the non-Federal
contribution may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or
services fairly valued.
(c) Other Conditions.--The curatorial addition authorized by this
Act shall remain part of the Museum and the Museum shall be responsible
for maintenance and operational costs associated with the Museum
including the curatorial addition.
SEC. 5. USE OF STAFF.
The Secretary may assign NPS staff to--
(1) provide curatorial services for the NPS museum objects
housed at the Museum; and
(2) to assist with the curation of other objects housed at
the Museum.
<all>
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line