US Congress House Bill 4309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 26 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-08 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

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.

Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-08	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
2014-12-08	House	Committee on Armed Services discharged.
2014-12-08	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-647, Part I.
2014-07-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
2014-04-09	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2014-04-09	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2014-04-09	House	Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
2014-04-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2014-03-26	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2014-03-26	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2014-03-26	House	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.

HB1960 (Related) 2013-07-08 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.
HB1080 (Related) 2013-06-17 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-115, Part I.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4309/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4309/BILLS-113hr4309ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4309/BILLS-113hr4309rh.pdf