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Calendar No. 472 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D 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 

MAY 18, 2016 

Reported by Mr. INHOFE, without amendment 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal 

6 agencies are required to preserve and catalogue arti7 facts and other items of national historical signifi8 cance that are uncovered during the course of their 


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

2 Federal Regulations). 

3 (2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 

4 Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi5 tories and museums across the Nation. 

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

7 Center of Expertise for the Curation and Manage8 ment of Archaeological Collections, initiated the Vet9 erans’ Curation Program to employ and train Iraq 

10 and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological proc11 essing. 

12 (4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 

13 veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 

14 sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man15 aged by the Corps of Engineers. 

16 (5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro17 gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 

18 database management, records management, photo19 graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 

20 proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter21 personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 

22 and training in archaeology and history. 

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

24 participated in the Veterans’ Curation Program, in25 cluding the current class of 38 participants. Of the 


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1 203 graduates of the program, 87 percent have re2 ceived permanent employment in a field related to 

3 training received under the program or chosen to 

4 continue their education. 

5 (7) Experience in archaeological curation 

6 gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 

7 valuable training and experience for the museum, 

8 forensics, administrative, records management, and 

9 other fields. 

10 (8) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 

11 may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 

12 more efficient and comprehensive collections man13 agement program and also may provide the work14 force to meet the records management needs at 

15 other agencies and departments, including the De16 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

17 SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 

18 MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 

19 AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 

20 Using available funds, the Secretary of the Army, 

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

22 Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans and mem23 bers of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary in car24 rying out curation and historic preservation activities. 


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Calendar No. 472 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3114 

AN ACT 

To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers 

poses. toric preservation activities, and for other purForces to assist the Corps with curation and histo hire veterans and members of the Armed 

MAY 18, 2016 

Reported without amendment 


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