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.
Latest action · Dec 8, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 26, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Sikes Act (conservation programs on federal lands) to allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD) that are obligated to cooperative agreements with states, local governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals for maintenance and improvement of natural resources located off of military or state-owned National Guard installations (but that are related to current or anticipated military activities) to be:
- paid in a lump sum and include an amount intended to cover the future costs of the activities under the agreement;
- invested by the recipient in accordance with the recipient's own investment management guidelines, with any investment interest or income permitted to be applied for the same purposes as the principal; and
- used only for the direct costs of maintaining and improving the natural resources pursuant to an approved DOD Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan and for certain indirect and administrative costs that do not exceed 10% of the total cost of the project.
Allows such cooperative agreements to be used to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of the U.S. government.
Prohibits amounts available to DOD from being used under such Act to acquire fee title interest in real property for such natural resources projects that are not on a military installation.
Requires the Inspector General of DOD to: (1) conduct an audit of the natural resources projects funded with amounts available to DOD under the Sikes Act that are not on a military installation, and (2) report to Congress on the audit by October 1, 2018.
Terminates this Act on October 1, 2019, except that any cooperative agreement entered into under this Act on or before September 30, 2019, shall continue.
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 26, 2014Markup Apr 9, 2014Reported Dec 8, 2014 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Apr 1, 2014Discharged Apr 9, 2014 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2014Discharged Dec 8, 2014 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Jul 1, 2014 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-647, Part I.
- Dec 8, 2014Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Dec 8, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
- Jul 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Apr 9, 2014Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
- Apr 9, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 9, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Mar 26, 2014Introduced in House
- Mar 26, 2014Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E447 | Madeleine Z. Bordallo D-GU | Mar 26, 2014 |
Research
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Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 18, 2014H.R. 4309, 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 purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 9, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2696.
CRS reports 1
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Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48561 | The Sikes Act: An Overview of Conservation on Military Lands | Report | Jun 6, 2025 |
Related bills 2
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Titles 1
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- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Reported in House
- Mar 26, 2014Introduced in House
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