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Union Calendar No. 339 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5282 

[Report No. 111–589] 

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 

MAY 12, 2010 

Mr. BARROW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 

Additional sponsors: Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

KANJORSKI, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. WATSON, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BOREN, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. SPACE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. ROSS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. TANNER, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 

SHULER, Mr. HILL, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MINNICK, 

Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Ms. GIFFORDS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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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. 


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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 Army Corps of Engineers and other 

6 Federal agencies are required to preserve and cata7 logue artifacts and other items of national historical 

8 significance that are uncovered during the course of 

9 their work. 

10 (2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 

11 Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi12 tories and museums across the country. 

13 (3) In October of 2009, the Army Corps of En14 gineers, Center of Expertise for Curation and Man15 agement of Archeological Collections, used 

16 $3,500,000 in temporary funds from the American 

17 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to begin the 

18 Veterans’ Curation Program to employ and train 

19 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological 

20 processing. 

21 (4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 

22 veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 

23 sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man24 aged by the Army Corps of Engineers. 


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1 (5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro2 gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 

3 database management, records management, photo4 graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 

5 proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter6 personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 

7 and training in archaeology and history. 

8 (6) Experience in archaeological curation 

9 gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 

10 valuable training and experience for the museum, 

11 forensics, administrative, records management, and 

12 other fields. 

13 (7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 

14 may assist the Army Corps of Engineers to develop 

15 a more efficient and comprehensive collections man16 agement program and also may provide the work17 force to meet the records management needs at 

18 other agencies and departments, including the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

20 SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 

21 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES IN 

22 CURATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 

23 (a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Chief of the 

24 Army Corps of Engineers shall develop a Veterans’ 

25 Curation Program to hire veterans and members of the 


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1 Armed Forces to assist the Corps with its curation and 

2 historic preservation activities. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—Begin4 ning in fiscal year 2010, there is authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each fiscal 

6 year. 

7 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal 

10 agencies are required to preserve and catalogue arti11 facts and other items of national historical signifi12 cance that are uncovered during the course of their 

13 work. 

14 (2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 

15 Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of repositories 

16 and museums across the Nation. 

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

18 Center of Expertise for Curation and Management of 

19 Archeological Collections, used $3,500,000 in tem20 porary funds made available in the American Recov21 ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

22 5) to begin the Veterans’ Curation Program to employ 

23 and train Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in archae24 ological processing. 


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1 (4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 

2 veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 

3 sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man4 aged by the Corps of Engineers. 

5 (5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro6 gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 

7 database management, records management, photo8 graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 

9 proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter10 personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 

11 and training in archaeology and history. 

12 (6) Experience in archaeological curation gained 

13 through the Veterans’ Curation Program is valuable 

14 training and experience for the museum, forensics, 

15 administrative, records management, and other fields. 

16 (7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 

17 may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 

18 more efficient and comprehensive collections manage19 ment program and also may provide the workforce to 

20 meet the records management needs at other agencies 

21 and departments, including the Department of Vet22 erans 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 (a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 

5 the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall de6 velop a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans and 

7 members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary in car8 rying out curation and historic preservation activities. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

11 (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

12 (2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

13 (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

14 (4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

15 (5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 


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Union Calendar No. 339 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5282 

[Report No. 111–589] 

A BILL 

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 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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