[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5867 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5867

To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the 
   Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security in the case of the Coast Guard, to sell untreated water 
                   located on military installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2006

Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the 
   Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security in the case of the Coast Guard, to sell untreated water 
                   located on military installations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SALE OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND SERVICES.

    Section 2686 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) If a proposed sale under this section consists solely of 
untreated water, the Secretary concerned, in making the determination 
required by subsection (a) regarding whether the utility or related 
service to be sold is available from other local sources, shall not 
consider--
            ``(1) the availability of treated water from any local 
        source; or
            ``(2) the availability of untreated water from another 
        local source that is situated outside of the political 
        subdivision in which the military facility that will supply the 
        untreated water is located.''.
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