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Calendar No. 694 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5282 

[Report No. 111–367] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 

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

Public Works 

DECEMBER 14, 2010 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, 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 

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1 cance that are uncovered during the course of their 

2 work. 

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 Curation and Management 

8 of Archeological Collections, used $3,500,000 in 

9 temporary funds made available in the American Re10 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

11 111–5) to begin the Veterans’ Curation Program to 

12 employ and train Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in 

13 archaeological processing. 

14 (4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 

15 veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 

16 sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man17 aged by the Corps of Engineers. 

18 (5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro19 gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 

20 database management, records management, photo21 graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 

22 proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter23 personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 

24 and training in archaeology and history. 


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1 (6) Experience in archaeological curation 

2 gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 

3 valuable training and experience for the museum, 

4 forensics, administrative, records management, and 

5 other fields. 

6 (7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 

7 may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 

8 more efficient and comprehensive collections man9 agement program and also may provide the work10 force to meet the records management needs at 

11 other agencies and departments, including the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

13 SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 

14 MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 

15 AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 

16 (a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 

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

18 develop a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans 

19 and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary 

20 in carrying out curation and historic preservation activi21 ties. 

22 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

24 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

25 (2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 


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1 (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

2 (4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

3 (5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 


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Calendar No. 694 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5282 

[Report No. 111–367] 

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 

DECEMBER 14, 2010 

Reported without amendment 


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