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Union Calendar No. 76
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1497
[Report No. 108–100, Part I] 
To reauthorize title I of the Sikes Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2003
Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on 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 com-
mittee concerned 
MAY 14, 2003
Reported from the Committee on Resources with amendments 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 14, 2003
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending 
not later than June 13, 2003
JUNE 13, 2003
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 27, 2003] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize title I of the Sikes Act.
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 Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF TITLE I OF SIKES ACT. 
Section 108 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670f) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1998 through 2003’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 
2008’’.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of Defense maintains over 
25,000,000 acres of valuable fish and wildlife habitat 
on approximately 400 military installations nation-
wide. 
(2) These lands contain a wealth of plant and 
animal life, vital wetlands for migratory birds, and 
nearly 300 federally listed threatened species and en-
dangered species. 
(3) Increasingly, land surrounding military 
bases are being developed with residential and com-
mercial infrastructure that fragments fish and wild-
life habitat and decreases its ability to support a di-
versity of species.
(4) Comprehensive conservation plans, such as 
integrated natural resource management plans under 
the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670 et seq.), can ensure that 
these ecosystem values can be protected and enhanced 
while allowing these lands to meet the needs of mili-
tary operations. 
(5) Section 107 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
670e–2) requires sufficient numbers of professionally 
trained natural resources management personnel and 
natural resources law enforcement personnel to be 
available and assigned responsibility to perform tasks 
necessary to carry out title I of the Sikes Act, includ-
ing the preparation and implementation of integrated 
natural resource management plans.
(6) Managerial and policymaking functions per-
formed by Department of Defense on-site profes-
sionally trained natural resource management per-
sonnel on military installations are appropriate gov-
ernmental functions. 
(7) Professionally trained civilian biologists in 
permanent Federal Government career managerial 
positions are essential to oversee fish and wildlife and 
natural resource conservation programs are essential 
to the conservation of wildlife species on military 
land.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Defense should take whatever steps are 
necessary to ensure that section 107 of the Sikes Act (16 
U.S.C. 670e–2) is fully implemented consistent with the 
findings made in subsection (a).
SEC. 4. ADVANCE NOTICE AND CONSULTATION REGARDING 
INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGE-
MENT PLANS. 
Section 101(a)(2) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
670a(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary of a military department 
shall advise the Secretary of the Interior and the head 
of the appropriate State fish and wildlife agency of 
the intent of the Secretary of the military department 
to prepare or revise an integrated natural resources 
management plan under this subsection, by not later 
than 30 days before publishing public notice of such 
intent. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary of the military department, 
the Secretary of the Interior, and the head of such ap-
propriate State fish and wildlife agency, in the period 
beginning on the date of publication of notice under
clause (i) and ending on the date of publication of 
public notice referred to in clause (i), shall consult to 
determine the following: 
‘‘(I) The intended scope of the integrated 
natural resources management plan that is the 
subject of the notice.
‘‘(II) The timetable for preparation or revi-
sion of such plan. 
‘‘(III) What steps must be taken to comply 
with section 102 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) in such 
preparation or revision. 
‘‘(IV) An estimation of the financial and 
human resources needed to complete such prepa-
ration or revision.’’.
SEC. 5. RESOURCE AGENCY CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING 
INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGE-
MENT PLANS. 
Section 101 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a) is fur-
ther amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) An integrated natural resources manage-
ment plan prepared or revised under this section shall 
not be considered to reflect the mutual agreement of
the parties for purposes of subparagraph (A) unless 
the Secretary of the Interior, the head of the appro-
priate State fish and wildlife agency, and the Sec-
retary of the military department that prepares or re-
vises the plan each certify that the plan adequately 
addresses conservation, protection, and management 
of fish and wildlife resources.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘and recer-
tified under subsection (a)(2)(C) by each of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, the head of the appropriate 
State fish and wildlife agency, and the Secretary of 
the military department that prepared the plan’’ after 
‘‘parties thereto’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The report shall include a statement of the 
number of integrated natural resources management 
plans that were certified or recertified by the Sec-
retary of the Interior under subsection (a)(2)(C) in 
the year covered by the report.’’.
SEC. 6. PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT REGARDING INTE-
GRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
PLANS. 
Section 101(a)(2) of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 
670a(a)(2)) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘(D) The Secretary of a military department 
shall—
‘‘(i) publish public notice in the Federal 
Register or, if more appropriate, a readily acces-
sible publication such as a local or regional 
newspaper, of the intent of the Secretary to pre-
pare or revise an integrated natural resources 
management plan under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) provide an opportunity for the submis-
sion by the public of comments regarding such 
preparation or revision, for a period of at least 
30 days.’’.
SEC. 7. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT FOR MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(1) of the Sikes Act 
(16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(1)) is amended by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (D) through (J) in order as subparagraphs (E) 
through (K), and by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) in the case of a plan for a military in-
stallation in Guam, management, control, and 
eradication of invasive species that are not na-
tive to the ecosystem of the military installation 
and the introduction of which cause or may 
cause harm to military readiness, the environ-
ment, the economy, or human health and safe-
ty;’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply—
(1) to any integrated natural resources manage-
ment plan prepared under section 101(a)(1) of the 
Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(a)(1)) on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) to any integrated natural resources manage-
ment plan prepared under section 101(a)(1) of the 
Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a(a)(1)) before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, effective March 1, 2004.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to reauthorize 
title I of the Sikes Act, and for other purposes.’’.
Union Calendar No. 76
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1497
[Report No. 108–100, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize title I of the Sikes Act. 
JUNE 13, 2003
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