,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,bordallo introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,natural  
,resources1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,sikes ,act to 
promote the use of cooperative          
agreements under such ,act for land     
management related to ,department of    
,defense readiness activities and to    
amend title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to facilitate interagency cooperation in
 conservation programs to avoid or      
reduce adverse impacts on military      
readiness activities4  #a4 ,cooperative 
agreements under ,sikes ,act for land   
management related to ,department of    
,defense readiness activities  7a7      

,multiyear agreements ,to fund          
long-,term management ,subsection 7b7 of
 section #ajc;,a of the ,sikes ,act 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fgj;c-#a7 is amended--  7#a7
 by inserting 7#a7 before ,funds2 and   
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#b7 ,in the case of a  
cooperative agreement under subsection  
7a77#b71 funds referred to in paragraph 
7#a7--  7,a7 may be paid in a lump sum  
and include an amount intended to cover 
the future costs of the natural resource
 maintenance and improvement activities 
provided for under the agreement2 and   
7,b7 may be invested by the recipient in
 accordance with the recipient's own    
guidelines for the management and       
investment of financial assets1 and any 
interest or income derived from such    
investment may be applied for the same  
purposes as the principal4  4  7b7      
,availability of funds and relation to  
other laws ,subsection 7c7 of such      
section is amended to read as follows3  
7c7 ,availability of funds and relation 

to other laws  7#a7 ,cooperative        
agreements and interagency agreements   
entered into under this section shall be
 subject to the availability of funds4  
7#b7 ,notwithstanding chapter #fc of    
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 a     
cooperative agreement under this section
 may be used to acquire property or     
services for the direct benefit or use  
of the ,united ,states ,government4  4  
#b4 ,facilitation of interagency        
cooperation in conservation programs of 
the ,departments of ,defense1           
,agriculture1 and ,interior to avoid or 
reduce adverse impacts on military      
readiness activities ,section #bfhd;a of
 title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsections 7h7 and 7i7 as subsections  
7i7 and 7j72 and  7#b7 by inserting     
after subsection 7g7 the following new  
subsection 7h73  7h7 ,interagency       
cooperation in conservation programs ,to
 avoid or reduce adverse impacts on     
military readiness activities ,in order 

to facilitate interagency cooperation   
and enhance the effectiveness of actions
 that will protect both the environment 
and military readiness1 the recipient of
 funds provided pursuant an agreement   
under this section or under the ,sikes  
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 et seq47 may1 with  
regard to the lands and waters within   
the scope of the agreement1 use such    
funds to satisfy any matching funds or  
cost-sharing requirement of any         
conservation program of the ,department 
of ,agriculture or the ,department of   
the ,interior notwithstanding any       
limitation of such program on the source
 of matching or cost-sharing funds4  4