[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1708 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1708

 To modify requirements relating to the authority of the Administrator 
    of General Services to enter into emergency leases during major 
                    disasters and other emergencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2005

 Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
 Bond, Mr. Carper, Mr. Warner, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Chafee, Ms. Landrieu, 
Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Thune) 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 modify requirements relating to the authority of the Administrator 
    of General Services to enter into emergency leases during major 
                    disasters and other emergencies.

    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 ``Emergency Lease Requirements Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY LEASES.

    Section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Emergency Leases by the Administrator.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section prevents the 
        Administrator from entering into an emergency lease during a 
        major disaster or other emergency declared by--
                    ``(A) the President under section 401 of the Robert 
                T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or
                    ``(B) the head of a Federal agency under applicable 
                Federal law.
            ``(2) Lease term.--The term of an emergency lease under 
        this subsection shall be not more than 5 years, unless the 
        prospectus of the lease is approved under subsection (a).
            ``(3) Report.--Not later than April 1 of each year, the 
        Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 
        and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a 
        report describing any emergency lease entered into under this 
        subsection during the preceding fiscal year.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act affect only emergency 
leases entered into after August 1, 2005.
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