[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1640. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2815. COORDINATION OF HUNTING, FISHING, AND OTHER 
                   RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON MILITARY LAND.

       (a) Policy Required.--The Secretaries of the military 
     departments shall establish a joint policy under which 
     military installations that control military lands that are 
     open to public access for hunting, fishing, and other 
     recreational activities coordinate with State fish and 
     wildlife managers, tribes, local governments, and hunting, 
     fishing, and recreational user groups the periods during 
     which such lands shall be open and closed to the public. To 
     the maximum extent practicable such coordination shall be 
     undertaken sufficiently in advance of the commencement of 
     traditional hunting, fishing, and recreational use seasons in 
     order for State fish and wildlife managers can plan for the 
     opening and closing dates of seasons and the conditions under 
     which fish and wildlife can be taken during the season.
       (b) Installation Level Advisory Committees.--The policy 
     established under subsection (a) may authorize the creation 
     of installation level advisory committees on the use of 
     military lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational uses. 
     Any such advisory committee shall not be subject to the 
     provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
     App.).
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