S.Amdt. 3032

1. Adds SEC. 344. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS at the end of subtitle E of title III

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   In S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (2) by striking subsection (b).

   Inserted: SEC. 344. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) Agreements Authorized.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

   Inserted: "SEC. 2336. INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--(1) The Secretary concerned may enter into an intergovernmental support agreement with a State or local government to provide, receive, or share installation-support services when such an agreement serves the interests of the department by enhancing mission effectiveness or creating efficiencies or economies of scale, including by reducing costs.

   Inserted: "(2) Notwithstanding any other law, such an agreement--

   Inserted: "(A) may be entered into on a sole source basis;

   Inserted: "(B) may be for a term not to exceed five years;

   Inserted: "(C) may utilize, for installation-support services provided by a State or local government, wage grades normally paid by that State or local government; and

   Inserted: "(D) may only be utilized when the Secretary concerned or the State or local government, as the case may be, providing the installation-support services already provides such services for its own use.

   Inserted: "(b) Effect on First Responder Arrangements.--The authority provided by this section and limitations on its use do not revoke, preclude, or otherwise interfere with existing or proposed mutual aid agreements relating to police or fire protection services or other similar first responder agreements or arrangements.

   Inserted: "(c) Availability of Funds.--Funds available to the Secretary concerned for operation and maintenance may be used to pay for such installation-support services. The costs of agreements under this section for any year may be paid from annual appropriations for that year. Funds received by the Secretary as reimbursement for providing installation-support services pursuant to such an agreement shall be credited to the appropriation or account charged with providing installation support.

   Inserted: "(d) Definitions.--In this section:

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   Inserted: "(1) The term 'installation-support services' means those services, supplies, resources, and support typically provided by a State or local government for its own needs and without regard to whether such services, supplies, resources, and support are provided to its residents generally, except that the term does not include security-guard or fire-fighting functions.

   Inserted: "(2) The term 'local government' includes a county, parish, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, and any agency or instrumentality of a local government.

   Inserted: "(3) The term 'State' means the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands, and any agency or instrumentality of a State.".

   Inserted: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting at the end the following new item:

   Inserted: "Sec. 2336. Intergovernmental support agreements with State and local governments.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

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