I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1670 
To amend the Sikes Act to improve the application of that Act to State- 
owned facilities used for the national defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2011 
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 the application of that 
Act to State-owned facilities used for the national defense. 
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 2011’’. 
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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 de-
partment may, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, develop and implement an 
integrated natural resources management 
plan for a State-owned National Guard in-
stallation. Such a plan shall be developed 
and implemented in coordination with the 
chief executive officer of the State in which 
the State-owned National Guard installa-
tion is located. Such a plan is deemed, for 
purposes of any other provision of law, to 
be for lands or other geographical areas 
owned or controlled by the Department of 
Defense, or designated for its use.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or 
State-owned National Guard installation’’ after 
‘‘military installation’’ both places it appears; 
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(C) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and 
(iii), respectively; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Con-
sistent’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A), as des-
ignated by clause (ii) of this subparagraph, 
by inserting ‘‘and State-owned National 
Guard installations’’ after ‘‘military instal-
lations’’ the first place it appears; 
(iv) in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), 
as redesignated by clause (i) of this sub-
paragraph, by striking ‘‘military installa-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘such installations’’; 
(v) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), 
as redesignated by clause (i) of this sub-
paragraph, by inserting ‘‘on such installa-
tions’’ after ‘‘resources’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a State-owned National 
Guard installation, such program shall be car-
ried out in coordination with the chief executive 
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officer of the State in which the installation is 
located.’’; 
(D) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘and 
State-owned National Guard installations’’ after 
‘‘military installations’’ the first place it ap-
pears; 
(E) in subparagraphs (G) and (I) of sub-
section (b)(1), by striking ‘‘military installa-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘in-
stallation’’; and 
(F) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘, in 
the case of a military installation,’’ after ‘‘(3) 
may’’. 
(3) 
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—Section 
103a(a) (16 U.S.C. 670c–1(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense installations’’ and inserting 
‘‘military installations and State-owned Na-
tional Guard installations’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense installation’’ and inserting 
‘‘military installation or State-owned National 
Guard installation’’. 
(b) SECTION AND SUBSECTION HEADINGS.—Such 
Act is further amended as follows: 
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(1) Section 101 (16 U.S.C. 670a) is amended— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 101. COOPERATIVE PLAN FOR CONSERVATION AND 
REHABILITATION.’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 101.’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘PROHI-
BITIONS ON SALE AND LEASE OF LANDS UN-
LESS EFFECTS COMPATIBLE WITH PLAN.—’’ 
after (c); 
(D) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘IMPLE-
MENTATION
AND
ENFORCEMENT
OF
INTE-
GRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.—’’ after (d); and 
(E) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘APPLICABILITY
OF 
OTHER LAWS’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting a comma after 
‘‘Code’’. 
(2) Section 102 (16 U.S.C. 670b) is amended— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
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(E) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘COOP-
ERATIVE AGREEMENTS
BY STATE AGENCIES 
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS.—’’ after 
‘‘(c)’’; and 
(F) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘STATE 
AGENCY
AGREEMENTS
NOT
COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS.—’’ 
after ‘‘(d)’’. 
(9) Section 203 (16 U.S.C. 670i) is amended— 
(A) by inserting at the beginning the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 203. PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT AREA STAMPS FOR 
HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING ON PUB-
LIC LANDS SUBJECT TO PROGRAMS.’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘SEC. 203.’’; 
(C) 
in 
subsection 
(a), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘AGREEMENTS TO REQUIRE STAMPS.—’’ after 
‘‘(a)’’; and 
(D) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘CONDITIONS
FOR 
AGREEMENTS.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(ii) by moving paragraph (3) 2 ems to 
the right, so that the left-hand margin 
aligns with that of paragraph (2). 
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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)’’. 
(c) 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’’. 
(d) 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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