113 HR 1266 IH: To amend title 40, United States Code, concerning the calculation of transactions for the lease of land ports of entry and international bridges, and for other purposes.
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-03-19
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1.Land ports of entry and
international bridgesSection
3307 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
(i)Land ports of
entry and international bridges
(1)The Administrator is authorized to enter
into contracts for the lease of a covered facility and its site for periods of
not to exceed 30 years.
(2)Calculation of
transactionsFor purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, and
scorekeeping guidelines, the Office of Management and Budget and the
Congressional Budget Office shall score any contract entered into by the
Administrator under this chapter for the lease of a covered facility and its
site in the same manner as if the contract was entered into on September 30,
1990.
(3)
(A)Analysis
required before leases or direct purchases or constructionBefore
entering into a contract for the lease of a covered facility or directly
purchasing or constructing a covered facility, the Administrator shall transmit
to Congress a report containing an analysis of the cost effectiveness of
leasing the covered facility as compared to directly purchasing or constructing
the covered facility.
(B)Limitation on
direct purchases and constructionThe Administrator may not
directly purchase or construct a covered facility if the Administrator
determines under subparagraph (A) that leasing the covered facility is more
cost effective.
(4)In this subsection, the following
definitions apply:
(A)The term covered facility means a land port
of entry or international bridge.
(B)The
term lease includes a lease purchase.
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