[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 4309 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 485
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4309
[Report No. 113-647, Part I]
To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improvements to the
administration of cooperative agreements for land management related to
Department of Defense readiness activities, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 26, 2014
Ms. Bordallo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned
December 8, 2014
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March
26, 2014]
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A BILL
To amend the Sikes Act to make certain improvements to the
administration of cooperative agreements for land management related to
Department of Defense readiness activities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER SIKES ACT FOR LAND MANAGEMENT
RELATED TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE READINESS ACTIVITIES.
(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 activities provided for under the
agreement;
``(B) may be invested by the recipient in accordance 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 principal; and
``(C) may be used only for payment of--
``(i) direct costs of maintenance and improvement
of natural resources on the lands within the scope of
the agreement and only pursuant to an approved
Department of Defense Integrated 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 interagency 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 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 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 expire 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 according
to its terms and conditions as if this section has not expired.
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 improvements to the
administration of cooperative agreements for land management related to
Department 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