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123STA T . 2 6 6 8PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 4—O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9marketv a lu e of t h e lea s e in terest e xc ee d s $10 0 , 000, as determined by the C hief Op eratin g Officer, the S ecretary of D efense shall use competitive procedures to select the lessee unless the Chief Operating Officer determines that —‘ ‘ ( i ) a public interest w ill be served as a result of the lease

and ‘‘(ii) the use of competitive procedures for the selection of certain lessees is unobtainable or not compatible with the public benefit served under clause (i) . ‘‘( B ) N ot later than 45 days before entering into a lease described in subparagraph ( A ), the Chief Operating Officer shall submit to Congress written notice describing the terms of the pro - posed lease and— ‘‘(i) the competitive procedures used to select the lessee; or ‘‘(ii) in the case of a lease involving the public benefit exception authori z ed by subparagraph (A)(ii), a description of the public benefit to be served by the lease. ‘‘( 7 ) T he proceeds from the lease of property under this sub- section shall be deposited in the Armed F orces R etirement H ome Trust Fund. ‘‘( 8 ) The interest of a lessee of property leased under this subsection may be taxed by State or local governments. A lease under this subsection shall provide that, if and to the extent that the leased property is later made taxable by State or local govern- ments under an Act of Congress, the lease shall be renegotiated. ’ ’. SEC.28 2 4 . A CCE PT A N CE OF CONT RIBU TIONS TO SUPPORT C L EANUP EFFORTS AT FOR M ER ALMA D EN AIR FORCE STATION , CALIFORNIA. (a) A C C EPTAN CE OF CONT RIBU TION S

P URPOSE.—The Secretary of the Army may accept contributions from other Federal entities, the State of California, and other entities, both public and private, for the purposes of helping to cover the costs of— (1) demolition of property at former Almaden Air Force Station, California; and ( 2 ) environmental remediation and restoration. (b) A V AI L ABILIT Y .—Amounts received as contributions under subsection (a) may be merged with other amounts available to the Secretary to carry out the purposes described in such subsection and shall be available without further appropriations and until expended. SEC. 282 5 . SELECTION OF MILITAR Y INSTALLATIONS TO SER V EAS LOCATIONS OF BRI G ADE COMBAT TEAMS. I n selecting the military installations at which brigade combat teams will be stationed, the Secretary of the Army shall take into consideration the availability and proximity of training spaces for the units and the capacity of the installations to support the units. SEC. 282 6 . REPORT ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT COMMU - NITIES ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY E X PANSION OF MILI- TARY INSTALLATIONS. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following information

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