§ 670c-1. — Cooperative agreements for land management on Department of Defense installations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC670c-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5C--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GOVERNMENT LANDS
SUBCHAPTER I--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
Sec. 670c-1. Cooperative agreements for land management on
Department of Defense installations
(a) Authority of Secretary of a military department
The Secretary of a military department 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) Multiyear agreements
Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for a fiscal year
may be obligated to cover the cost of goods and services provided under
a cooperative agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this
section or through an agency agreement under section 1535 of title 31
during any 18-month period beginning in that fiscal year, without regard
to whether the agreement crosses fiscal years.
(c) Availability of funds; agreements under other laws
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
applies.
(Pub. L. 86-797, title I, Sec. 103a, as added Pub. L. 101-189, div. B,
title XXVIII, Sec. 2845(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1664; amended Pub.
L. 105-85, div. B, title XXIX, Sec. 2908, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat.
2021.)
Amendments
1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 2908(1), substituted
``Secretary of a military department'' for ``Secretary of Defense''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 2908(2), added heading and text of
subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``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.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 670f of this title.
