H.R. 5867 · 109th Congress

To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Secretary of a military department, or the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard, to sell untreated water located on military installations.

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2006-07-24
Latest action
2006-08-17 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summary

Revises the authority of the Secretary of the military department concerned, or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, to sell to local purchasers untreated water on a military facility to prohibit any such Secretary, in determining whether the water to be sold is available from other local sources, from considering: (1) the availability of treated water from any local source; or (2) the availability of untreated water from another local source that is situated outside of the political subdivision in which the military facility that will supply the untreated water is located.