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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 2823

Sec. 2823. Vesting exercise of discretion with Service Secretaries regarding entering into longer-term contracts for utility services

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Section 2688(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 2822, is further amended— by striking The Secretary of Defense, or the designee of the Secretary, and inserting The Secretary concerned ; and by striking if the Secretary and inserting if the Secretary concerned .
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