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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3114 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2015 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

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 (a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 

21 the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 

22 carry out a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans 

23 and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary 

24 in carrying out curation and historic preservation activi25 ties. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

3 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

4 (2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

5 (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

6 (4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 

7 (5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

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