[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 4402 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 487
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4402

                      [Report No. 113-649, Part I]

 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a surface danger 
 zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge or any portion thereof to 
      support the operation of a live-fire training range complex.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 4, 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 April 
                                4, 2014]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a surface danger 
 zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge or any portion thereof to 
      support the operation of a live-fire training range complex.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guam Military Training and Readiness 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SURFACE DANGER ZONE, RITIDIAN UNIT, GUAM 
              NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

    (a) Agreement to Establish.--In order to accommodate the operation 
of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-
Northwest Field and the management of the adjacent Ritidian Unit of the 
Guam National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary of the Navy and the 
Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), may enter 
into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a 
surface danger zone which overlays the Ritidian Unit or such portion 
thereof as the Secretaries consider necessary.
    (b) Elements of Agreement.--The agreement to establish a surface 
danger zone over all or a portion of the Ritidian Unit of the Guam 
National Wildlife Refuge shall include--
            (1) measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge; and
            (2) as appropriate, measures, funded by the Secretary of 
        the Navy from funds appropriated after the date of enactment of 
        this Act and otherwise available to the Secretary, for the 
        following purposes:
                    (A) Relocation and reconstruction of structures and 
                facilities of the Refuge in existence as of the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Mitigation of impacts to wildlife species 
                present on the Refuge or to be reintroduced in the 
                future in accordance with applicable laws.
                    (C) Use of Department of Defense personnel to 
                undertake conservation activities within the Ritidian 
                Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior 
                personnel, including habitat maintenance, maintaining 
                the boundary fence, and conducting the brown tree snake 
                eradication program.
                    (D) Openings and closures of the surface danger 
                zone to the public as may be necessary.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 487

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4402

                      [Report No. 113-649, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a surface danger 
 zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge or any portion thereof to 
      support the operation of a live-fire training range complex.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            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