A bill to enhance the carrying out of fish and wildlife conservation and natural resource management programs on military reservations, and for other purposes.
Public Law 99-561 · S. 1352 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Oct 27, 1986 · Environmental Protection
Sponsor: Sen. John Chafee (R-RI)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Sikes Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for conservation programs on military reservations and public lands through FY 1988.
Directs the Secretary of each military department to manage the natural resources of each military reservation within the United States under such Secretary's jurisdiction so as to sustain multipurpose uses and provide public access to the extent military uses permit.
Requires each Secretary to provide professional fish and wildlife management services for each military reservation and to report to the Congress on the expenditures made for such purpose.
Amends the Sikes Act to require that cooperative plans for management of such resources on military reservations be reviewed at least every five years, and that such plans be followed when considering other resource development and management plans. Prohibits the sale or lease of land or sale of forest products from land covered by a cooperative plan. Exempts such plans from any requirement of outside service contracts and other specified Federal requirements.
Requires the deposit in a reserve account of all the proceeds of forest product sales from military reservations. (Under current law, one-half of such proceeds must be so deposited.)
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.
- Oct 27, 1986Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-561.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 17, 1986PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 14, 1986FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- Oct 3, 1986FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Jun 25, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Reported original measure by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.