[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1491 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1491

   To assist in the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, 
zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of 
 a new facility for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, 
                         Salt Lake City, Utah.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 2001

 Mr. Matheson (for himself, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Cannon) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To assist in the preservation of archaeological, paleontological, 
zoological, geological, and botanical artifacts through construction of 
 a new facility for the University of Utah Museum of Natural History, 
                         Salt Lake City, Utah.

    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 ``Utah Public Lands Artifact 
Preservation Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the collection of the Utah Museum of Natural History in 
        Salt Lake City, Utah, includes more than 1,000,000 
        archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and 
        botanical artifacts;
            (2) the collection of items housed by the Museum contains 
        artifacts from land managed by--
                    (A) the Bureau of Land Management;
                    (B) the Bureau of Reclamation;
                    (C) the National Park Service;
                    (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 
                and
                    (E) the Forest Service;
            (3) more than 75 percent of the Museum's collection was 
        recovered from federally managed public land; and
            (4) the Museum has been designated by the legislature of 
        the State of Utah as the State museum of natural history.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Museum.--The term ``Museum'' means the University of 
        Utah Museum of Natural History in Salt Lake City, Utah.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE FOR UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

    (a) Assistance for Museum.--The Secretary shall make a grant to the 
University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, to pay the Federal share of 
the costs of construction of a new facility for the Museum, including 
the design, planning, furnishing, and equipping of the Museum.
    (b) Grant Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--To receive a grant under subsection (b), 
        the Museum shall submit to the Secretary a proposal for the use 
        of the grant.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs 
        described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $15,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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