[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 5282 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 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.


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                    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
 [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 the Corps with curation and 
       historic preservation activities, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal 
        agencies are required to preserve and catalogue artifacts and 
        other items of national historical significance that are 
        uncovered during the course of their work.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
        Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of repositories and 
        museums across the country.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) In October of 2009, the Army Corps of 
        Engineers, Center of Expertise for Curation and Management 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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The Veterans' Curation Program employs 
        veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the sorting, 
        cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts managed by the Army 
        Corps of Engineers.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Employees of the Veterans' Curation Program 
        gain valuable work skills, including computer database 
        management, records management, photographic and scanning 
        techniques, computer software proficiency, vocabulary and 
        writing skills, and interpersonal communication skills, as well 
        as knowledge and training in archaeology and history.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Veterans' Curation Program participants may 
        assist the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a more efficient 
        and comprehensive collections management program and also may 
        provide the workforce to meet the records management needs at 
        other agencies and departments, including the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED SERVICES IN CURATION AND HISTORIC 
              PRESERVATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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 Armed Forces to assist the Corps with its 
curation and historic preservation activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--Beginning in fiscal 
year 2010, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$10,000,000 for each fiscal year.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal agencies are 
        required to preserve and catalogue 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 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 temporary funds made available 
        in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
        Law 111-5) 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 managed by the Corps of Engineers.
            (5) Employees of the Veterans' Curation Program gain 
        valuable work skills, including computer database management, 
        records management, photographic and scanning techniques, 
        computer software proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, 
        and interpersonal 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 
        Corps of Engineers in developing a more efficient and 
        comprehensive collections management program and also may 
        provide the workforce to meet the records management needs at 
        other agencies and departments, including the Department 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 develop a Veterans' Curation 
Program to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the 
Secretary in carrying out curation and historic preservation 
activities.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            (2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
            (3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
            (4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
            (5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.
                                                 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 to hire veterans and 
   members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and 
       historic preservation activities, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           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