COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR LAND MANAGEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS

SEC. 2845. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR LAND MANAGEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS (a) In General.—The Act entitled “An Act to promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife, fish, and game conservation and rehabilitation in military reservations” (popularly known as the “Sikes Act”), approved September 15, 1960 (16 U.S.C. 670a et seq.), is amended by inserting after section 103 the following new section: “Sec. 103a. (a) The Secretary of Defense may enter into cooperative agreements with States, local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to provide for the maintenance and improvement of natural resources on, or to benefit natural and historic research on, Department of Defense installations. “(b) A cooperative agreement shall provide for the Secretary of Defense and the other party or parties to the agreement— “(1) to contribute funds on a matching basis to defray the cost of programs, projects, and activities under the agreement; or “(2) to furnish services on a matching basis to carry out such programs, projects, and activities, or to do both. “(c) Cooperative agreements entered into under this section shall be subject to the availability of funds and shall not be considered, nor be treated as, cooperative agreements to which chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, applies.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—Section 106 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 67 Of) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “and cooperative agreements agreed to under section 103a” in the first sentence after “sections 101 and 102”; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking out the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, and to carry out such functions and responsibilities as the Secretary may have under cooperative agreements entered into under section 103a.”.