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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3114 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

AN ACT 

To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire 

veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist 

the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposes. 

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. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal 

4 agencies are required to preserve and catalogue arti5 facts and other items of national historical signifi6 cance that are uncovered during the course of their 

7 work (notably under part 79 of title 36, Code of 

8 Federal Regulations). 

9 (2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 

10 Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi11 tories and museums across the Nation. 

12 (3) In October 2009, the Corps of Engineers, 

13 Center of Expertise for the Curation and Manage14 ment of Archaeological Collections, initiated the Vet15 erans’ Curation Program to employ and train Iraq 

16 and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological proc17 essing. 

18 (4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 

19 veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 

20 sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man21 aged by the Corps of Engineers. 

22 (5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro23 gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 

24 database management, records management, photo25 graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 

26 proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and intermstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 

2 and training in archaeology and history. 

3 (6) Since 2009, a total of 241 veterans have 

4 participated in the Veterans’ Curation Program, in5 cluding the current class of 38 participants. Of the 

6 203 graduates of the program, 87 percent have re7 ceived permanent employment in a field related to 

8 training received under the program or chosen to 

9 continue their education. 

10 (7) Experience in archaeological curation 

11 gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 

12 valuable training and experience for the museum, 

13 forensics, administrative, records management, and 

14 other fields. 

15 (8) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 

16 may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 

17 more efficient and comprehensive collections man18 agement program and also may provide the work19 force to meet the records management needs at 

20 other agencies and departments, including the De21 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

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1 SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 

2 MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 

3 AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 

4 Using available funds, the Secretary of the Army, 

5 acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall carry out a 

6 Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans and mem7 bers of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary in car8 rying out curation and historic preservation activities. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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