Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014”.
Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish a surface danger zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge or any portion thereof to support the operation of a live-fire training range complex.
Sec. 2 Establishment of surface danger zone, Ritidian Unit, Guam National Wildlife Refuge
Agreement to establish— In order to accommodate the operation of a live-fire training range complex on Andersen Air Force Base-Northwest Field and the management of the adjacent Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), may enter into an agreement providing for the establishment and operation of a surface danger zone which overlays the Ritidian Unit or such portion thereof as the Secretaries consider necessary.
Elements of agreement— The agreement to establish a surface danger zone over all or a portion of the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge shall include—
measures to maintain the purposes of the Refuge; and
as appropriate, measures, funded by the Secretary of the Navy from funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act and otherwise available to the Secretary, for the following purposes:
Relocation and reconstruction of structures and facilities of the Refuge in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Mitigation of impacts to wildlife species present on the Refuge or to be reintroduced in the future in accordance with applicable laws.
Use of Department of Defense personnel to undertake conservation activities within the Ritidian Unit normally performed by Department of the Interior personnel, including habitat maintenance, maintaining the boundary fence, and conducting the brown tree snake eradication program.
Openings and closures of the surface danger zone to the public as may be necessary.