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H.R.4402 / 113th Congress

Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.

Official summary

Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Dec 8, 2014

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.

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Who introduced it

Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] · D–GU

Committees

  • Armed Services Committee
  • Natural Resources Committee
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    1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.

    2. Committee on Armed Services discharged.

    3. Committee on Armed Services discharged.

    4. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-649, Part I.

    5. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-649, Part I.

    6. Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

    7. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

    8. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    9. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.

    10. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    11. Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

    12. 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.

    13. 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.

    14. Introduced in House

    15. Introduced in House

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