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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. 

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, 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. 

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 ‘‘Sand Creek Massacre 

5 National Historic Site Visitor Center Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Interior. 

3 (2) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the Sand 

4 Creek Massacre National Historic Site. 

5 (3) NPS.—The term ‘‘NPS’’ means the Na6 tional Park Service. 

7 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds that— 

9 (1) the Park was established on April 28, 2007, 

10 as the 39th unit of the National Park System; 

11 (2) the authorizing legislation for the Park 

12 states that a NPS support facility not within the 

13 designated boundary of the Park may be located in 

14 Kiowa County; 

15 (3) the Murdock Building, on Eads’ main 

16 street, has been purchased by Kiowa County and ini17 tial stabilization work has begun; 

18 (4) if renovated, the Murdock Building could 

19 serve as the Park’s visitor center and administrative 

20 offices; and 

21 (5) Kiowa County is actively engaged in adapt22 ive reuse of formerly abandoned historic structures, 

23 which has earned the county designation as a Pre24 serve America Community. 


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1 SEC. 4. AGREEMENT. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may enter into 

3 a cooperative agreement with Kiowa County, Colorado— 

4 (1) to assist in the renovation of the Murdock 

5 Building, in Eads, Colorado; 

6 (2) for the use of a portion of the Murdock 

7 Building by the NPS as the visitor center and ad8 ministrative offices for the Park; and 

9 (3) to provide up to $650,000, subject to appro10 priations, to Kiowa County towards the cost of ren11 ovations and furnishing of the Murdock Building. 

12 (b) FUNDING.—Federal funds provided under sub13 section (a)(3)— 

14 (1) shall be matched on a 4:1 Federal to non15 Federal basis and the non-Federal contributions 

16 may be in the form of in-kind contributions of goods 

17 or services fairly valued; 

18 (2) shall be used to make improvements to, and 

19 install furnishings within, the Murdock Building for 

20 those portions of the building used by the Park; and 

21 (3) shall not be used to pay for personnel or 

22 other costs associated with the operation of the 

23 Murdock Building as a park visitor center. 

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