REESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR SHORT-TERM LEASES OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.

SEC. 1005. REESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR SHORT-TERM LEASES OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.(a) Reestablishment of Authority.—Subsection (a) of section 2410a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary of Defense”;(2) by striking “for procurement of severable services” and inserting “for a purpose described in paragraph (2)”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The purpose of a contract described in this paragraph is as follows:“(A) The procurement of severable services.“(B) The lease of real or personal property, including the maintenance of such property when contracted for as part of the lease agreement.”.(b) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:117 STAT. 1585 “§ 2410a. Contracts for periods crossing fiscal years: severable service contracts; leases of real or personal property” .(2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 141 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2410a. Contracts for periods crossing fiscal years: severable service contracts; leases of real or personal property.”. (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall not apply to funds appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2004.