[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1924 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1924

  To strengthen civil-military relationships by permitting State and 
  local governments to enter into lease purchase agreements with the 
                      United States Armed Forces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 26, 2005

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen civil-military relationships by permitting State and 
  local governments to enter into lease purchase agreements with the 
                      United States Armed Forces.

    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 Military Installation and Community 
Lease-Purchase Expansion Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.

    Section 2812 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``a private contractor'' and 
                inserting ``an eligible entity''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the contractor'' and inserting 
                ``the eligible entity'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``(c)(1)'' and inserting ``(c)'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) In this section, the term `eligible entity' means any private 
person, corporation, firm, partnership, company, or State or local 
government.''.
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