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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1036

To authorize the Administrator of the General Service Administration to

enter into agreements for the construction of border stations on the

United States borders with Canada and Mexico, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 27 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. DECONCINI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JUNE 9 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1993

Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on Environment and Public

Works

A BILL

To authorize the Administrator of the General Service Administration to enter into agreements for the construction of border stations on the United States borders

with Canada and Mexico, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION.

4 The Administrator of the General Services Adminis5 tration may enter into agreements with State and local

6 governments of the United States for the construction of
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1 border stations on the borders of the United States with

2 Canada and Mexico. Agreements under this Act shall be

3 authorized only for facilities—

4 (1) that meet applicable Federal Government

5 requirements for border stations;

6 (2) that are located on sites approved by the

7 Commissioner of the United States Customs Service,

8 the Commissioner of the Immigration and Natu9 ralization Service, the Secretary of Agriculture, and

10 the Administrator of the General Services Adminis11 tration; and

12 (3) which have been approved by the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa14 tives and the Senate, the Public Works and Trans15 portation Committee of the House of Representa16 tives, and the Environment and Public Works Com17 mittee of the Senate.

18 SEC. 2. TERMS OF AGREEMENTS.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered into under

20 this Act shall provide for the acquisition of land and mate21 rials for the construction of border stations.

22 (b) TERMS AND LIMITATIONS.—

23 (1) OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS.—The obligation

24 of the United States under an agreement entered

25 into under this Act shall be limited to the current
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1 fiscal year for which payments are due without re2 gard to section 3328(a)(1)(B) of title 31, United

3 States Code.

4 (2) DURATION OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement

5 entered into under this Act shall provide for lease or

6 installment payments over a period of not to exceed

7 30 years for the payment of the purchase price and

8 reasonable interest.

9 (3) VESTING OF TITLE.—An agreement entered

10 into under this Act shall provide for the title to the

11 property and facilities to vest in the United States

12 on or before the expiration of the contract term, on

13 fulfillment of the terms and conditions of the agree14 ment.

15 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY TREATMENT.

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or guide17 lines or regulations issued pursuant thereto, the obliga18 tions of the Federal Government arising out of an agree19 ment entered into under this Act shall be scored each fis20 cal year based on the estimated expenditures in the fiscal

21 year.

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