[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 855 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 855

To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the authorization for 
    long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 15), 1995

 Mr. Murkowski (for himself and Mr. Stevens) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the authorization for 
    long-term leasing of military family housing to be constructed.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVISION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR LONG TERM LEASING OF MILITARY 
              FAMILY HOUSING.

    (a) Revision.--The text of section 2835 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Build and Lease Authorized.--The Secretary of a military 
department, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the 
Coast Guard, may enter into a contract for the lease of family housing 
units to be constructed or rehabilitated to military use on or near a 
military installation within the United States under the Secretary's 
jurisdiction at which there is a shortage of family housing. Housing 
units leased under this section shall be assigned, without rental 
charge, as family housing to members of the armed forces who are 
eligible for assignment to military family housing.
    ``(b) Competitive Process.--Each contract under subsection (a) 
shall be awarded through the use of publicly advertised, competitively 
bid, or competitively negotiated, contracting procedures as provided in 
chapter 137 of this title. Such a contract may provide for the 
contractor of the housing facilities to operate and maintain such 
housing facilities during the term of the lease.
    ``(c) Conditions on Obligation of Funds.--A lease contract entered 
into for a military housing project under subsection (a) shall include 
the following provisions:
            ``(1) A statement that the obligation of the United States 
        to make payments under the contract in any fiscal year is 
        subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose.
            ``(2) A requirement that housing units constructed pursuant 
        to the contract be constructed to Department of Defense 
        specifications.
    ``(d) Lease Term.--A contract under this section may be for any 
period not in excess of 20 years (excluding the period required for 
construction of the housing facilities).
    ``(e) Right of First Refusal To Acquire.--A contract under this 
section shall provide that, upon the termination of the lease period, 
the United States shall have the right of first refusal to acquire all 
right, title, and interest to the housing facilities constructed and 
leased under the contract.
    ``(f) Notice and Wait Requirements.--A contract may not be entered 
into for the lease of housing facilities under this section until--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress, in writing, an economic analysis (based 
        upon accepted life cycle 15 costing procedures) which 
        demonstrates that the proposed contract is cost-effective when 
        compared with alternative means of furnishing the same housing 
        facilities; and
            ``(2) a period of 21 calendar days has expired following 
        the date on which the economic analysis is received by those 
        committees.''.
    (b) Budget Scoring.--For purposes of scoring the budgetary impact 
of any contract entered into under section 2835 of title 10, United 
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), the total amount of budget 
authority required by the contract, and the total outlays, shall be 
scored on a pro rata basis over the term of the contract.
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