I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5284 
To amend the Sikes Act to improve natural resources management planning 
for State-owned facilities used for the national defense, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2010 
Ms. BORDALLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Sikes Act to improve natural resources man-
agement planning for State-owned facilities used for the 
national defense, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sikes Act Amendments 
Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVED SIKES ACT COVERAGE OF STATE-OWNED 
FACILITIES USED FOR THE NATIONAL DE-
FENSE. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO ACT.—The Sikes Act (16 
U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 100 (16 U.S.C. 
670) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Vir-
gin Islands. 
‘‘(3) STATE-OWNED NATIONAL GUARD INSTAL-
LATION.—The term ‘State-owned National Guard 
installation’ means land owned and operated by a 
State when such land is used for training the Na-
tional Guard pursuant to chapter 5 of title 32, 
United State Code, with funds provided by the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of a military de-
partment, even though such land is not under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.’’. 
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(2) FUNDING
OF
INTEGRATED
NATURAL
RE-
SOURCES
MANAGEMENT
PLANS.—Section 101 (16 
U.S.C. 670a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘To facili-
tate’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary of a military depart-
ment may, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, develop and implement an integrated 
natural resources management plan for a State- 
owned National Guard installation. Such a plan 
shall be developed and implemented in coordina-
tion with the chief executive officer of the State 
in which the State-owned National Guard in-
stallation is located.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or 
State-owned National Guard installation’’ after 
‘‘military installation’’ both places it appears; 
(C) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B); 
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(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) the conservation and rehabilitation of 
natural resources on State-owned National 
Guard installations and sustainable multipur-
pose use of the natural resources on those in-
stallations.’’; 
(D) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c) 
through (g) as subsections (d) through (h), re-
spectively; and 
(E) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF PLANS FOR STATE- 
OWNED NATIONAL GUARD INSTALLATIONS.—Each inte-
grated natural resources management plan for a State- 
owned National Guard installation that is prepared under 
subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii)— 
‘‘(1) shall, to the extent appropriate and appli-
cable, provide for the same matters for the installa-
tion as are required under subsection (c)(1) for a 
military installation; and 
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‘‘(2) must be reviewed as to operation and ef-
fect by the parties thereto on a regular basis, but 
not less often than every 5 years.’’. 
(3) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Section 
103a(a) (16 U.S.C. 670c–1(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
State-owned National Guard installations’’ after 
‘‘military installations’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
State-owned National Guard installations’’ after 
‘‘military installation’’. 
(b) EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF INVASIVE SPE-
CIES MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.—Subsection (g) of 
section 101 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 670a) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘PILOT PROGRAM’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘IN GUAM’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2009 
through 2014, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in Guam’’. 
(c) SECTION
AND SUBSECTION HEADINGS.—Such 
Act is further amended as follows: 
(1) Section 101 (16 U.S.C. 670a) is amended— 
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(10) Section 204 (16 U.S.C. 670j) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 204. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 204.’’; 
(C) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘VIOLA-
TIONS AND PENALTIES.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(D) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘EN-
FORCEMENT POWERS
AND PROCEEDINGS.—’’ 
after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(E) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘SEI-
ZURE AND FORFEITURE.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 
(F) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘APPLI-
CABILITY OF CUSTOMS LAWS.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’. 
(11) Section 205 (16 U.S.C. 670k) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 205. DEFINITIONS.’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 205.’’. 
(12) Section 206 (16 U.S.C. 670l) is amend-
ed— 
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(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 206. STAMP REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE TO 
FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND 
MANAGEMENT LANDS; AUTHORIZED FEES.’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 206.’’. 
(13) Section 207 (16 U.S.C. 670m) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 207. INDIAN RIGHTS; STATE OR FEDERAL JURISDIC-
TION REGULATING INDIAN RIGHTS.’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 207.’’. 
(14) Section 209 (16 U.S.C. 670o) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 209. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 209.’’; 
(C) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘FUNC-
TIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY 
OF THE INTERIOR.—’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
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(D) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘FUNC-
TIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY 
OF AGRICULTURE.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(E) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘USE 
OF OTHER CONSERVATION
OR REHABILITA-
TION AUTHORITIES.—’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 
(F) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘CON-
TRACT AUTHORITY.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’. 
(d) CODIFICATION OF CHANGE OF NAME.—Section 
204(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 670j) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘magistrate’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘magistrate judge’’. 
(e) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE SECTION.—Section 208 of 
such Act is repealed, and section 209 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 670o) is redesignated as section 208. 
Æ 
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