[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4291. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. TRANSFER OF HUMAN REMAINS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Claimant tribes.--The term ``claimant tribes'' means 
     the Indian tribes and band referred to in the letter from 
     Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to Secretary of the 
     Army Louis Caldera, relating to the human remains and dated 
     September 21, 2000.
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic 
     Preservation.
       (3) Human remains.--The term ``human remains'' means the 
     human remains--
       (A) that are known as Kennewick Man or the Ancient One, 
     which includes the projectile point lodged in the right ilium 
     bone, as well as any residue from previous sampling and 
     studies; and
       (B) that are part of archaeological collection number 
     45BN495.
       (b) Transfer.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     Federal law or law of the State of Washington, including the 
     Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 
     U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
     through the Chief of Engineers, shall transfer the human 
     remains to the Department, on the condition that the 
     Department, acting through the State Historic Preservation 
     Officer, disposes of the remains and repatriates the remains 
     to claimant tribes.
       (c) Cost.--The Corps of Engineers shall be responsible for 
     any costs associated with the transfer.
       (d) Limitations.--
       (1) In general.--The transfer shall be limited solely to 
     the human remains portion of the archaeological collection.
       (2) Corps of engineers.--The Corps of Engineers shall have 
     no further responsibility for the human remains transferred 
     pursuant to subsection (b) after the date of the transfer.
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