Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003
Latest action · Jun 13, 2003 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003 - Amends the Sikes Act (which requires the Department of Defense and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop and implement plans to manage natural resources on certain military lands) to reauthorize appropriations and expenditures for FY 2004 through 2008 for conservation programs on military installations.
Declares the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should take whatever steps are necessary to ensure full implementation (consistent with the findings of this Act) of the Sikes Act requirement that sufficient numbers of professionally trained natural resources management and law enforcement personnel be available and assigned responsibility to perform tasks necessary to carry out conservation programs on military installations, including preparation and implementation of integrated natural resource management plans.
Requires the Secretary of a military department to advise the Secretary of the Interior and the head of the appropriate State fish and wildlife agency of intent to prepare or revise an integrated natural resources management plan.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, the head of the appropriate State fish and wildlife agency, and the Secretary of the military department that prepares or revises the plan each to certify that the plan they agree upon adequately addresses conservation, protection, and management of the fish and wildlife resources.
Requires the Secretary of a military department to publish notice and provide an opportunity for public comments of the intent to prepare or revise an integrated natural resource management plan.
Requires that an integrated natural resource management plan in Guam provide for management, control, and eradication of invasive species that are not native to the ecosystem of the military installation, and the introduction of which cause or may cause harm to military readiness, the environment, the economy, or human health and safety.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2003Markup May 7, 2003Reported May 14, 2003 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2003Hearings Apr 10, 2003Markup May 1, 2003Reported May 1, 2003 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2003Discharged Jun 13, 2003 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2003Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Jun 13, 2003Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
- May 14, 2003Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-100, Part I.
- May 14, 2003House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 13, 2003.
- May 7, 2003Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 7, 2003Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 1, 2003Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 1, 2003Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 10, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 31, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- Mar 27, 2003Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2003Referred 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 committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 12, 2003H.R. 1497, Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 7, 2003</p>
- May 12, 2003H.R. 1497, Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 7, 2003
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 108-15 | H.R. 1497, A BILL TO REAUTHORIZE TITLE I OF THE SIKES ACT64 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Apr 10, 2003 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize title I of the Sikes Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animals
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Defense
- Department of the Interior
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental Protection
- Exotic animals
- Exotic plants
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Fishery management
- Game and game birds
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Guam
- Habitat conservation
- Hunting
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Migratory bird conservation
- Military bases
- Military readiness
- Nature conservation
- Non-native species
- Outdoor recreation
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Sports and Recreation
- Water Resources Development
- Wildlife conservation
- Wildlife management
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2003Reported in House
- Mar 27, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.