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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. WAT-
SON, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BOREN, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. SPACE, Mr. CHAN-
DLER, Mr. ROSS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DONNELLY of In-
diana, 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. MUR-
PHY of Connecticut, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, 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 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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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 
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ties, and for other purposes. 
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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 Army Corps of Engineers and other 
Federal agencies are required to preserve and cata-
logue artifacts and other items of national historical 
significance that are uncovered during the course of 
their work. 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi-
tories and museums across the country. 
(3) In October of 2009, the Army Corps of En-
gineers, Center of Expertise for Curation and Man-
agement
of
Archeological
Collections,
used 
$3,500,000 in temporary funds from the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to begin the 
Veterans’ Curation Program to employ and train 
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological 
processing. 
(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 Army Corps of Engineers. 
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(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)
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. 
(7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Army Corps of Engineers to develop 
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
THE
ARMED
SERVICES
IN 
CURATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Chief of the 
Army Corps of Engineers shall develop a Veterans’ 
Curation Program to hire veterans and members of the 
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Armed Forces to assist the Corps with its curation and 
historic preservation activities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—Begin-
ning in fiscal year 2010, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each fiscal 
year. 
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 
work. 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of repositories 
and museums across the Nation. 
(3) In October 2009, the Corps of Engineers, 
Center of Expertise for Curation and Management of 
Archeological Collections, used $3,500,000 in tem-
porary funds made available in the American Recov-
ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
5) to begin the Veterans’ Curation Program to employ 
and train Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in archae-
ological processing. 
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