,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bf1 #bjad    
,ms4 ,bordallo introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,armed 
,services1 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 
make certain improvements to the        
administration of cooperative agreements
 for land management related to         
,department of ,defense readiness       
activities1 and for other purposes4  #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  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 principal2 and  7,c7 may
 be used only for payment of--  7i7     
direct costs of maintenance and         
improvement of natural resources on the 
lands within the scope of the agreement2
 and  7ii7 indirect and administrative  
costs1 as determined in accordance with 
official guidance issued by the ,office 

of ,management and ,budget1 but not to  
exceed #aj percent of the total cost of 
the project4  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     
7#c7 ,amounts available to the          
,department of ,defense may not be used 
under this ,act to acquire fee title    
interest in real property for natural   
resources projects that are not on a    
military installation4  4  7c7 ,audit   
,the ,inspector ,general of the         
,department of ,defense shall conduct an

 audit of the natural resources projects
 funded with amounts available to the   
,department of ,defense under the ,sikes
 ,act1 as amended by this section1 that 
is not on a military installation4 ,not 
later than ,october #a1 #bjah1 the      
,inspector ,general shall submit to     
,congress a report on the audit         
conducted under this subsection4  7d7   
,sunset ,this section and the provisions
 of law enacted by the amendments made  
by this section shall expire on ,october
 #a1 #bjai1 except that any cooperative 
agreement referred to in such provisions
 that is entered into on or before      
,september #cj1 #bjai1 shall continue   
according to its terms and conditions as
 if this section has not expired4