To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into building leasing agreements.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into certain building leasing agreements.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2392 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2392

   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into building 
                          leasing agreements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

 Mr. Peterson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into building 
                          leasing agreements.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO ENTER INTO LEASE 
              AGREEMENTS.

    Section 585 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Special Leasing Authority for Secretary of Agriculture.--The 
authority provided to the Administrator under subsection (a)(1) with 
respect to entering into lease agreements shall also apply to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of entering into lease agreements 
for the Department of Agriculture or any agency, administration, or 
service thereof.''.
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