Union Calendar No. 395
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3300
[Report No. 103–718]
A BILL
To amend the Act popularly known as the ‘‘Sikes
Act’’ to enhance fish and wildlife conservation
and natural resources management programs on
military installations.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 395
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3300
[Report No. 103–718]
To amend the Act popularly known as the ‘‘Sikes Act’’ to enhance fish
and wildlife conservation and natural resources management programs
on military installations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 19, 1993
Mr. STUDDS (for himself and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
SEPTEMBER 12, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 19, 1993]
A BILL
To amend the Act popularly known as the ‘‘Sikes Act’’
to enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural
resources management programs on military installa-
tions.
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 ‘‘Natural Resource Man-
agement on Military Lands Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF SIKES ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision,
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or
other provision of title I of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro-
mote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and co-
ordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and re-
habilitation in military reservations’’, approved September
15, 1960 (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.), commonly referred to,
and in this Act referred to, as the ‘‘Sikes Act’’.
SEC. 3. INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PLANS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, GEN-
ERALLY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a) (16 U.S.C. 670a(a))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘is authorized to’’ and inserting
‘‘shall’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘in each military reservation in
accordance with a cooperative plan’’ and inserting
the following: ‘‘on military installations. Under the
program, the Secretary shall prepare and implement
for each military installation in the United States an
integrated natural resource management plan’’; and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘reservation is located’’ the
following: ‘‘, except that the Secretary is not required
to prepare such a plan for a military installation if
the Secretary determines that preparation of such a
plan for the installation is not appropriate’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title I, as amended
by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended—
(1) in section 101(b) (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)) in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘coopera-
tive plan’’ and inserting ‘‘integrated natural resource
management plan’’;
(2) in section 101(b)(4) (16 U.S.C. 670a(b)(4))
by striking ‘‘cooperative plan’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘integrated natural resource manage-
ment plan’’;
(3) in section 101(c) (16 U.S.C. 670a(c)) in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘a coop-
erative plan’’ and inserting ‘‘an integrated natural
resource management plan’’;
(4) in section 101(d) (16 U.S.C. 670a(d)) in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘coopera-
tive plans’’ and inserting ‘‘integrated natural re-
source management plans’’;
(5) in section 101(e) (16 U.S.C. 670a(e)) by
striking ‘‘Cooperative plans’’ and inserting ‘‘Inte-
grated natural resource management plans’’;
(6) in section 102 (16 U.S.C. 670b) by striking
‘‘a cooperative plan’’ and inserting ‘‘an integrated
natural resource management plan’’;
(7) in section 103 (16 U.S.C. 670c) by striking
‘‘a cooperative plan’’ and inserting ‘‘an integrated
natural resource management plan’’;
(8) in section 106(a) (16 U.S.C. 670f(a)) by
striking ‘‘cooperative plans’’ and inserting ‘‘inte-
grated natural resource management plans’’; and
(9) in section 106(c) (16 U.S.C. 670f(c)) by
striking ‘‘cooperative plans’’ and inserting ‘‘inte-
grated natural resource management plans’’.
(c) CONTENTS OF PLANS.—Section 101(b) (16 U.S.C.
670a(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (D) by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting a comma;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) wetland protection and restoration,
and wetland creation where necessary, for sup-
port of fish or wildlife,
‘‘(F) consideration of conservation needs for
all biological communities, and
‘‘(G) the establishment of specific natural
resource management goals, objectives, and time-
frames for proposed actions;’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (3);
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3);
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(2) shall for the military installation for which
it is prepared—
‘‘(A) address the needs for fish and wildlife
management, land management, forest manage-
ment, and wildlife-oriented recreation;
‘‘(B) ensure the integration of, and consist-
ency among, the various activities conducted
under the plan;
‘‘(C) ensure that there is no net loss in the
capability of installation lands to support the
military mission of the installation;
‘‘(D) provide for sustained use by the public
of natural resources, to the extent that such use
is not inconsistent with the military mission of
the installation or the needs of fish and wildlife
management;
‘‘(E) provide the public access to the instal-
lation that is necessary or appropriate for that
use, to the extent that access is not inconsistent
with the military mission of the installation;
and
‘‘(F) provide for professional enforcement of
natural resource laws and regulations;’’; and
(5) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ‘‘collect the
fees therfor,’’ and inserting ‘‘collect, spend, admin-
ister, and account for fees therefor,’’.
(d) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Section 101 (16 U.S.C. 670a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary of Defense
shall provide an opportunity for public comment on each
integrated natural resource management plan prepared
under subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 4. REVIEW OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR PREPA-
RATION 
OF 
INTEGRATED 
NATURAL 
RE-
SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) REVIEW OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of each military de-
partment shall, by not later than 9 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act—
(A) review each military installation in the
United States that is under the jurisdiction of
that Secretary to determine the military instal-
lations for which the preparation of an inte-
grated natural resource management plan under
section 101 of the Sikes Act, as amended by this
Act, is appropriate; and
(B) submit to the Secretary of Defense a re-
port on those determinations.
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary of
Defense shall, by not later than 12 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Con-
gress a report on the reviews conducted under para-
graph (1). The report shall include—
(A) a list of those military installations re-
viewed under paragraph (1) for which the Sec-
retary of Defense determines the preparation of
an integrated natural resource management plan
is not appropriate; and
(B) for each of the military installations
listed under subparagraph (A), an explanation
of the reasons such a plan is not appropriate.
(1) integrated natural resource management
plans proposed pursuant to subsection (b)(1); and
(2) changes to cooperative plans proposed pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(2).
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REVIEWS AND REPORTS.
Section 101 (16 U.S.C. 670a) is further amended by
adding after subsection (f) (as added by section 3(d) of this
Act) the following:
‘‘(g) REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of
Defense shall, by not later than March 1 of each year,
review the extent to which integrated natural resource
management plans were prepared or in effect and im-
plemented in accordance with this Act in the preced-
ing year, and submit a report on the findings of that
review to the committees. Each report shall include—
‘‘(A) the number of integrated natural re-
source management plans in effect in the year
covered by the report, including the date on
which each plan was issued in final form or
most recently revised;
‘‘(B) the amount of moneys expended on
conservation activities conducted pursuant to
those plans in the year covered by the report, in-
cluding amounts expended under the Legacy Re-
source Management Program established under
section 8120 of the Act of November 5, 1990
(Public Law 101–511; 104 Stat. 1905); and
‘‘(C) an assessment of the extent to which
the plans comply with the requirements of sub-
section (b)(1) and (2), including specifically the
extent to which the plans ensure in accordance
with subsection (b)(2)(C) that there is no net loss
of lands to support the military missions of mili-
tary installations.
‘‘(2) SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior, by not later than March 1 of
each year and in consultation with State agencies re-
sponsible for conservation or management of fish or
wildlife, shall submit a report to the committees on
the amount of moneys expended by the Department of
the Interior and those State agencies in the year cov-
ered by the report on conservation activities con-
ducted pursuant to integrated natural resource man-
agement plans.
‘‘(3) COMMITTEES
DEFINED.—For purposes of
this subsection, the term ‘committees’ means the Com-
mittees on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and
the Committees on Armed Services and Environment
and Public Works of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 6. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF INTEGRATED NATURAL
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS; ENFORCE-
MENT OF OTHER LAWS.
Title I (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 106 as section 110;
and
(2) by inserting after section 105 the following:
‘‘SEC. 106. FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT OF OTHER LAWS.
‘‘All Federal laws relating to the conservation of natu-
ral resources on Federal lands may be enforced by the Sec-
retary of Defense with respect to violations of those laws
which occur on military installations within the United
States.’’.
SEC. 7. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Title I (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 106 (as added by section 6 of this Act)
the following:
‘‘SEC. 107. NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
‘‘The Secretary of each military department shall en-
sure that sufficient numbers of professionally trained natu-
ral resource management personnel and natural resource
law enforcement personnel are available and assigned re-
sponsibility to perform tasks necessary to comply with this
Act, including the preparation and implementation of inte-
grated natural resource management plans.’’.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
Title I (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.) is further amended
by inserting after section 107 (as added by section 7 of this
Act) the following:
‘‘SEC. 108. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this title:
‘‘(1) MILITARY DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘mili-
tary department’ means the Department of the Army,
the Department of the Navy, and the Department of
the Air Force.
‘‘(2) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘mili-
tary installation’—
‘‘(A) means any land or interest in land
owned by the United States and administered by
the Secretary of Defense or the head of a mili-
tary department; and
‘‘(B) includes all public lands withdrawn
from all forms of appropriation under public
land laws and reserved for use by the Secretary
of Defense or the head of a military department.
‘‘(3) STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCY.—The
term ‘State fish and wildlife agency’ means an agen-
cy of State government that is responsible under State
law for managing fish or wildlife resources.
‘‘(4) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’
means the States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and
possessions of the United States.’’.
SEC. 9. SHORT TITLE.
Title I (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.) is further amended
by inserting after section 108 (as added by section 7 of this
Act) the following:
‘‘SEC. 109. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Sikes Act’.’’.
SEC. 10. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
(a) COST SHARING.—Section 103a(b) (16 U.S.C.
670c–1(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘matching basis’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘cost-sharing basis’’.
(b) ACCOUNTING.—Section 103a(c) (16 U.S.C. 670c–
1(c)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘, and shall not be subject to section 1535
of that title’’.
SEC. 11. REPEAL.
Section 2 of the Act of October 27, 1986 (Public Law
99–651; 16 U.S.C. 670a–1) is repealed.
SEC. 12. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.
Title I, as amended by this Act, is further amended—