Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER SIKES ACT 
FOR LAND MANAGEMENT RELATED TO DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE READINESS ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(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 para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cooperative agreement under sub-
section (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 accord-
ance with the recipient’s own guidelines for the man-
agement and investment of financial assets, and any 
interest or income derived from such investment may 
be applied for the same purposes as the principal; 
and 
‘‘(C) may be used only for payment of— 
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‘‘(i) direct costs of maintenance and im-
provement of natural resources on the lands 
within the scope of the agreement and only pur-
suant to an approved Department of Defense In-
tegrated Natural Resource Management Plan; 
and 
‘‘(ii) indirect and administrative costs, as 
determined in accordance with official guidance 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, 
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 
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in real property for natural resources projects that are not 
on a military installation.’’. 
(c) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense shall conduct an audit of the natural resources 
projects funded with amounts available to the Department 
of Defense under the Sikes Act, as amended by this section, 
that is not on a military installation. Not later than Octo-
ber 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 agree-
ment referred to in such provisions that is entered into on 
or before September 30, 2019, shall continue according to 
its terms and conditions as if this section has not expired. 
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Union Calendar No. 485 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4309 
[Report No. 113–647, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improve-
ments to the administration of cooperative agree-
ments for land management related to Depart-
ment of Defense readiness activities, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 8, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 8, 2014 
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 
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