H.R. 6050: Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010
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H.R. 6050: Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Arts, Culture, Religion · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010
Plain summary
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.
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Bent's Old Fort Museum Collections Facility Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Betsy [D-CO-4] · 0 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6050.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr6050 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111