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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3417 

To establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center to assist in 

preserving the archeological, anthropological, paleontological, zoological, 

and geological artifacts and archival documentation from the Rocky 

Mountain region through the construction of an on-site, secure collections 

facility for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2009 

Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 

Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center 

to assist in preserving the archeological, anthropological, 

paleontological, zoological, and geological artifacts and 

archival documentation from the Rocky Mountain region 

through the construction of an on-site, secure collections 

facility for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 

in Denver, Colorado. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rocky Mountain 

3 Science Collections Center Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the collection of the Denver Museum of Na7 ture & Science in Denver, Colorado, includes more 

8 than 1,000,000 anthropological, archeological, pale9 ontological, zoological, and geological artifacts and 

10 supporting archival documentation; 

11 (2) the collection of items housed by the Mu12 seum includes artifacts from land managed by— 

13 (A) the Bureau of Land Management; 

14 (B) the Bureau of Reclamation; 

15 (C) the National Park Service; 

16 (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 

17 Service; 

18 (E) the Forest Service; and 

19 (F) the Corps of Engineers; 

20 (3) a significant portion of the collections of the 

21 Museum were recovered from public land managed 

22 by the Federal Government; 

23 (4) the Museum has been designated as the re24 pository for those collections by Federal agencies; 


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1 (5) less than 2 percent of those collections are 

2 accessible to the public through electronic or phys3 ical mediums; and 

4 (6) the Museum is among the largest facilities 

5 in the western region of the United States and at6 tracts more than 1,200,000 participants to the pro7 grams of the Museum each year from all States and 

8 territories. 

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) MUSEUM.—The term ‘‘Museum’’ means the 

12 Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, 

13 Colorado. 

14 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of the Interior. 

16 SEC. 4. GRANT FOR THE MUSEUM. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a 

18 grant to the Museum to pay the Federal share of the cost 

19 of— 

20 (1) constructing 1 or more on-site collection fa21 cilities that meet the standards of the Museum; and 

22 (2) obtaining goods and services required by the 

23 Museum, including the acquisition of— 

24 (A) designs; 

25 (B) plans; 


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1 (C) furnishings; 

2 (D) equipment; and 

3 (E) other support for the Museum. 

4 (b) APPLICATION.—To receive assistance under sub5 section (a), the Museum shall submit to the Secretary an 

6 application in such time, in such manner, and containing 

7 such additional information as the Secretary may require. 

8 (c) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 

10 assistance under subsection (a), the Museum shall 

11 match any amounts provided to the Museum under 

12 this Act. 

13 (2) FORMS OF PAYMENT.—To meet the match14 ing requirement described in paragraph (1), the Mu15 seum may provide to the Secretary— 

16 (A) cash; 

17 (B) in-kind donations; and 

18 (C) services. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

21 out this Act $15,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 

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