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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 activi-
ties, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal 
agencies are required to preserve and catalogue arti-
facts and other items of national historical signifi-
cance that are uncovered during the course of their 
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work (notably under part 79 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations). 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi-
tories and museums across the Nation. 
(3) In October 2009, the Corps of Engineers, 
Center of Expertise for the Curation and Manage-
ment of Archaeological Collections, initiated the Vet-
erans’ Curation Program to employ and train Iraq 
and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological proc-
essing. 
(4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 
sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man-
aged by the Corps of Engineers. 
(5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro-
gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 
database management, records management, photo-
graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 
proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter-
personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 
and training in archaeology and history. 
(6) Since 2009, a total of 241 veterans have 
participated in the Veterans’ Curation Program, in-
cluding the current class of 38 participants. Of the 
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203 graduates of the program, 87 percent have re-
ceived permanent employment in a field related to 
training received under the program or chosen to 
continue their education. 
(7) 
Experience 
in 
archaeological 
curation 
gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 
valuable training and experience for the museum, 
forensics, administrative, records management, and 
other fields. 
(8) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 
more efficient and comprehensive collections man-
agement program and also may provide the work-
force to meet the records management needs at 
other agencies and departments, including the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 
MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 
carry out a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary 
in carrying out curation and historic preservation activi-
ties. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; 
(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
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