Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014
Latest action · Dec 8, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.
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.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretaries of the Navy and the Interior to enter into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a surface danger zone that overlays the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge in order to accommodate the operation of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-Northwest Field and the management of such Unit.
Requires such agreement to include measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge and measures funded by the Secretary of the Navy for:
- relocation and reconstruction of Refuge structures and facilities;
- mitigation of impacts to wildlife species present in, or to be reintroduced into, the Refuge;
- use of Department of Defense (DOD) personnel to undertake conservation activities within the Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior personnel; and
- necessary openings and closures of the surface danger zone to the public.
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 Apr 4, 2014Markup May 21, 2014Reported Dec 8, 2014 |
| Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Apr 9, 2014Hearings Apr 29, 2014Discharged May 21, 2014 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 4, 2014Discharged Dec 8, 2014 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Referred Jul 1, 2014 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-649, Part I.
- Dec 8, 2014Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Dec 8, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.
- Jul 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- May 21, 2014Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
- May 21, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 21, 2014Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 29, 2014Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Apr 4, 2014Introduced in House
- Apr 4, 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.
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 estimate
- Jul 28, 2014H.R. 4402, Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on May 21, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2961.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-465 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM261 pages | Armed Services Committee | Feb 26, 2014–Apr 2, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2014Reported in House
- Apr 4, 2014Introduced 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.
