[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 970 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 970

   To authorize the Administrator of General Services to enter into 
 agreements for the construction and improvement of border stations on 
the United States international borders with Canada and Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 27 (legislative day, June 19), 1995

Mrs. Hutchison introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Administrator of General Services to enter into 
 agreements for the construction and improvement of border stations on 
the United States international borders with Canada and Mexico, and for 
                            other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North American Border Stations 
Improvements Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            (2) Agreement.--The term ``agreement'' means an agreement 
        entered into under section 3.
            (3) Domestic corporation.--The term ``domestic 
        corporation'' means a nongovernmental domestic corporation (as 
        determined under section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986).
            (4) Local governmental unit.--The term ``local governmental 
        unit'' means--
                    (A) a county, city, or other local government in 
                the United States;
                    (B) a bridge board, port authority, or other entity 
                established by a State or local government in the 
                United States; and
                    (C) any combination of the governments and entities 
                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

SEC. 3. BORDER STATION AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of amounts provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts, the Administrator may enter into 
agreements with States, local governmental units, and domestic 
corporations for the acquisition of land and materials for and the 
construction of border stations on the borders of the United States 
with Canada and Mexico.
    (b) Border Stations.--A border station constructed under an 
agreement shall--
            (1) meet applicable requirements of the Federal Government 
        for border stations; and
            (2) be located on a site approved by the Commissioner of 
        the United States Customs Service, the Commissioner of the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, and the Administrator.
    (c) Lease.--An agreement may provide for a lease, with a term not 
to exceed 30 years.
    (d) Vesting of Title.--An agreement shall provide that the title to 
the land and each facility comprising the border station subject to the 
agreement shall be vested in--
            (1) in the case of an agreement with a State, the State;
            (2) in the case of an agreement with a local governmental 
        unit, the local governmental unit; or
            (3) in the case of an agreement with a domestic 
        corporation, the domestic corporation.
    (e) Alterations to Border Stations.--An agreement shall provide 
that the State, local governmental unit, or domestic corporation may 
make any addition to, or modify, replace, or expand, a port facility or 
the campus of a port facility that is subject to the agreement and that 
is in existence on the date of the addition, modification, replacement, 
or expansion. To the extent that an activity described in the preceding 
sentence requires an extension of a lease payment period under the 
agreement, the activity shall be subject to the approval of the 
Administrator.
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