II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1924 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as The Military Installation and Community Lease-Purchase Expansion Act of 2005.

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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. .