PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2717 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2470. Depot-level activities of the Department of Defense: authority to compete for maintenance and repair workloads of other Federal agencies.". SEC. 336. AUTHORITY OF DEPOTS TO PROVTOE SERVICES OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 335, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§2471. Persons outside the Department of Defense: lease of excess depot-level equipment and facilities by " (a) AUTHORITY TO LEASE EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND FACILI- TIES. —Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of a military department and, with respect to a Defense Agency, the Secretary of Defense, may lease excess equipment and facilities of a depotlevel activity of the military department, or the Defense Agency, to a person outside the Department of Defense. "(b) LIMITATIONS. —^A lease under subsection (a) may be entered into only if— "(1) the lease of any such equipment or facilities will not have a significant adverse effect on the readiness of the armed forces, as determined by the Secretary concerned; "(2) the person leasing such equipment or facilities agrees to reimburse the Department of Defense for the costs (both direct and indirect costs, including any rental costs, as determined the Secretary concerned) attributable to the lease of such equipment or facilities; "(3) the person leasing such equipment or facilities agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the United States, except in cases of willful conduct or gross negligence, from any claim for damages or injury to any person or property arising out the lease of such equipment or facilities; and "(4) the person leasing such equipment or facilities agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the United States from any liability or claim for dam.ages or injury to any person or property arising out of a decision by the Secretary concerned to suspend or terminate the lease during a war or national emergency. "(c) CREDIT TO TREASURY.— Any reimbursement (including the payment of rental costs) received under this section shall be credited to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2471. Persons outside the Department of Defense: lease of excess depot-level equipment and facilities by.". SEC. 337. REUTILIZATION INITIATIVE FOR DEPOT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES. 10 USC 2466 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct activities to encourage commercial firms to enter into partnerships with depot-level activities of the military departments for the purposes of— (1) demonstrating commercial uses of the depot-level activities that are related to the principal mission of the depotlevel activities;
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