[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5871 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5871

  To designate the Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark in the 
               State of Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2008

 Mr. Salazar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate the Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark in the 
               State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Ludlow Massacre National Historic 
Landmark Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the 1913-1914 Colorado coal strike was 1 of the most 
        visible and violent labor conflicts of the early 20th century;
            (2) the coal strike began in September 1913, when coal 
        miners walked out of southern Colorado coal mines to protest 
        for--
                    (A) higher wages;
                    (B) enforcement of State mining and labor laws; and
                    (C) union recognition;
            (3) striking miners and their families, evicted from 
        company towns, lived in tent colonies, including the Ludlow 
        Tent Colony, near the entrances to the canyons that led to the 
        mines;
            (4) on April 20, 1914, a day-long battle between strikers 
        and the Colorado National Guard erupted at the Ludlow Tent 
        Colony, which resulted in multiple deaths, including the deaths 
        of 2 women and 11 children who were trapped in a shelter under 
        a tent that was engulfed in flames when the colony was set on 
        fire;
            (5) in response to the violence, President Woodrow Wilson 
        dispatched the United States Army to the strike zone;
            (6) the United Mine Workers of America declared an end to 
        the strike on December 10, 1914;
            (7) the events of April 20, 1914--
                    (A) were dubbed the ``Ludlow Massacre''; and
                    (B) stirred national outrage, including protests by 
                citizens and investigations by Congress and the U.S. 
                Commission on Industrial Relations;
            (8) following the Ludlow Massacre, the Colorado Fuel and 
        Iron Company, the largest coal producer in southern Colorado, 
        undertook several actions, including--
                    (A) launching the first major public relations 
                campaigns by a company in the history of the United 
                States; and
                    (B) creating a company union, which was outlawed in 
                1935 under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
                191 et seq.);
            (9) the 1913-1914 Colorado coal strike and the Ludlow 
        Massacre have been, and continue to be, the focus of historical 
        and archaeological inquiries, including a book by the Honorable 
        George McGovern and Herbert Guttridge entitled ``The Great 
        Coalfield War'';
            (10) since the 1918 dedication of the Ludlow Massacre 
        Memorial at the Ludlow Tent Colony Site, the United Mine 
        Workers of America has--
                    (A) maintained the Ludlow Massacre Memorial; and
                    (B) held an annual memorial service to honor the 
                memory of the people who died in the strike;
            (11) the Ludlow Massacre Memorial continues to function as 
        a site of memory, at which thousands of visitors from around 
        the world record their reactions as well as personal and family 
        stories of the 1913-1914 strike; and
            (12) the Ludlow Tent Colony Site has been listed on the 
        National Register of Historic Places in recognition of--
                    (A) the national significance of the history of the 
                site;
                    (B) the importance of the site as a memorial site; 
                and
                    (C) the archaeological resources of the site.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Landmark.--The term ``Landmark'' means the Ludlow 
        Massacre National Historic Landmark designated by section 4(a).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Colorado.

SEC. 4. LUDLOW MASSACRE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

    (a) Designation.--The Ludlow Tent Colony Site in Las Animas County, 
Colorado, as listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is 
designated as the ``Ludlow Massacre National Historic Landmark''.
    (b) Administration.--Consistent with part 65 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), designation of the 
Ludlow Tent Colony Site as a National Historic Landmark shall not 
prohibit any actions that may otherwise be taken by the owner of the 
Landmark with respect to the Landmark under Federal law (including 
regulations).
    (c) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        State, may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate 
        public or private entities for the purposes of--
                    (A) protecting historic resources at the Landmark; 
                and
                    (B) providing educational and interpretive 
                facilities and programs at the Landmark for the public.
            (2) Technical and financial assistance.--The Secretary may 
        provide technical and financial assistance to any entity with 
        which the Secretary has entered into a cooperative agreement 
        under paragraph (1) to carry out the cooperative agreement.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
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