SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER SIKES 
ACT FOR LAND MANAGEMENT RELATED TO 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE READINESS AC-
TIVITIES. 
(a) MULTIYEAR AGREEMENTS TO FUND LONG-TERM 
MANAGEMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 103A of the 
Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670c–1) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Funds’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under 
subsection (a)(2), funds referred to in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include 
an amount intended to cover the future costs of the 
natural resource maintenance and improvement ac-
tivities provided for under the agreement; 
‘‘(B) may be invested by the recipient in ac-
cordance with the recipient’s own guidelines for the 
management and investment of financial assets, and 
any interest or income derived from such investment 
may be applied for the same purposes as the prin-
cipal; and 
‘‘(C) may be used only for payment of— 
‘‘(i) direct costs of maintenance and im-
provement of natural resources on the lands 
within the scope of the agreement; and 
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‘‘(ii) indirect and administrative costs, as 
determined in accordance with official guidance 
issued by the Office of Management and Budg-
et, but not to exceed 10 percent of the total 
cost of the project.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF FUNDS
AND RELATION
TO 
OTHER LAWS.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND RELATION TO 
OTHER LAWS.—(1) Cooperative agreements and inter-
agency agreements entered into under this section shall 
be subject to the availability of funds. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
States Code, a cooperative agreement under this section 
may be used to acquire property or services for the direct 
benefit or use of the United States Government. 
‘‘(3) Amounts available to the Department of Defense 
may not be used under this Act to acquire fee title interest 
in real property for natural resources projects that are not 
on a military installation.’’. 
(c) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Defense shall conduct an audit of the natural re-
sources projects funded with amounts available to the De-
partment of Defense under the Sikes Act, as amended by 
this section, that is not on a military installation. Not later 
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than October 1, 2018, the Inspector General shall submit 
to Congress a report on the audit conducted under this 
subsection. 
(d) SUNSET.—This section and the provisions of law 
enacted by the amendments made by this section shall ex-
pire on October 1, 2019, except that any cooperative 
agreement referred to in such provisions that is entered 
into on or before September 30, 2019, shall continue ac-
cording to its terms and conditions as if this section has 
not expired. 
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