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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 182 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2005 

Referred to the Committee on Resources 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of the Uintah Research 

and Curatorial Center for Dinosaur National Monument 

in the States of Colorado and Utah, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uintah Research and 

5 Curatorial Center Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 

4 Uintah Research and Curatorial Center. 

5 (2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map en6 titled ‘‘Proposed Location of the Uinta Research and 

7 Curatorial Center’’, numbered 122/80,080, and 

8 dated May 2004. 

9 (3) MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Monument’’ 

10 means the Dinosaur National Monument in the 

11 States of Colorado and Utah. 

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of the Interior. 

14 SEC. 3. UINTAH RESEARCH AND CURATORIAL CENTER. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—To provide for the unified and 

16 cost-effective curation of the paleontological, natural, and 

17 cultural objects of the Monument and the surrounding 

18 area, the Secretary shall establish the Uintah Research 

19 and Curatorial Center on land located outside the bound20 ary of the Monument acquired under subsection (b). 

21 (b) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary may ac22 quire by donation land for the Center consisting of not 

23 more than 5 acres located in Uintah County, in the vicin24 ity of Vernal, Utah, as generally depicted on the map. 
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1 (c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file 

2 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of3 fices of the National Park Service. 

4 (d) USE.—The Center shall be used for the curation 

5 of, storage of, and research on items in— 

6 (1) the museum collection of the Monument; 

7 and 

8 (2) any collection maintained by an entity de9 scribed in subsection (e)(2) that enters into a coop10 erative agreement with the Secretary. 

11 (e) ADMINISTRATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

13 (A) administer the land acquired under 

14 subsection (b); and 

15 (B) promulgate any regulations that the 

16 Secretary determines to be appropriate for the 

17 use and management of the land. 

18 (2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Sec19 retary may enter into a cooperative agreement with 

20 a Federal, State, and local agency, academic institu21 tion, Indian tribe, or nonprofit entity to provide 

22 for— 

23 (A) the curation of and research on the 

24 museum collection at the Center; and 
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1 (B) the development, use, management, 

2 and operation of the Center. 

3 (3) LIMITATION.—The land acquired by the 

4 Secretary under subsection (b) shall not— 

5 (A) be a part of the Monument; or 

6 (B) be subject to the laws (including regu7 lations) applicable to the Monument. 

8 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

10 this Act $8,800,000. 

Passed the Senate July 26, 2005. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.