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Union Calendar No. 485 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4309 

[Report No. 113–647, Part I] 

To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improvements to the administration 

of cooperative agreements for land management related to Department 

of Defense readiness activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2014 

Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 

Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 8, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

DECEMBER 8, 2014 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2014] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improvements to 

the administration of cooperative agreements for land 

management related to Department of Defense readiness 

activities, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER SIKES ACT 

4 FOR LAND MANAGEMENT RELATED TO DE5 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE READINESS ACTIVI6 TIES. 

7 (a) MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS TO FUND LONG-TERM

8 MANAGEMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 103A of the Sikes 

9 Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Funds’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under sub14 section (a)(2), funds referred to in paragraph (1)— 

15 ‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include 

16 an amount intended to cover the future costs of the 

17 natural resource maintenance and improvement ac18 tivities provided for under the agreement; 

19 ‘‘(B) may be invested by the recipient in accord20 ance with the recipient’s own guidelines for the man21 agement and investment of financial assets, and any 

22 interest or income derived from such investment may 

23 be applied for the same purposes as the principal; 

24 and 

25 ‘‘(C) may be used only for payment of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) direct costs of maintenance and im2 provement of natural resources on the lands 

3 within the scope of the agreement and only pur4 suant to an approved Department of Defense In5 tegrated Natural Resource Management Plan; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) indirect and administrative costs, as 

8 determined in accordance with official guidance 

9 issued by the Office of Management and Budget, 

10 but not to exceed 10 percent of the total cost of 

11 the project.’’. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND RELATION TO

13 OTHER LAWS.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended 

14 to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND RELATION TO

16 OTHER LAWS.—(1) Cooperative agreements and inter17 agency agreements entered into under this section shall be 

18 subject to the availability of funds. 

19 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 

20 States Code, a cooperative agreement under this section 

21 may be used to acquire property or services for the direct 

22 benefit or use of the United States Government. 

23 ‘‘(3) Amounts available to the Department of Defense 

24 may not be used under this Act to acquire fee title interest 


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1 in real property for natural resources projects that are not 

2 on a military installation.’’. 

3 (c) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Department 

4 of Defense shall conduct an audit of the natural resources 

5 projects funded with amounts available to the Department 

6 of Defense under the Sikes Act, as amended by this section, 

7 that is not on a military installation. Not later than Octo8 ber 1, 2018, the Inspector General shall submit to Congress 

9 a report on the audit conducted under this subsection. 

10 (d) SUNSET.—This section and the provisions of law 

11 enacted by the amendments made by this section shall ex12 pire on October 1, 2019, except that any cooperative agree13 ment referred to in such provisions that is entered into on 

14 or before September 30, 2019, shall continue according to 

15 its terms and conditions as if this section has not expired. 


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Union Calendar No. 485 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4309 

[Report No. 113–647, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improveother purposes. ment of Defense readiness activities, and for ments for land management related to Depart- ments to the administration of cooperative agreeDECEMBER 8, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

an amendment 

DECEMBER 8, 2014 

The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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