S.Amdt. 4291

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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