#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #cjga  ,,an ,,act  ,to require      
executive agencies to consider equipment
 rental in any cost-effectiveness       
analysis for equipment acquisition1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal 
,acquisition ,savings ,act of #bjag4    
#b4 ,cost-effectiveness analysis of     
equipment rental  7a7                   
,cost-,effectiveness analysis of        
equipment rental  7#a7 ,in general ,with
 respect to any cost-effectiveness      
analysis for equipment acquisition      
conducted on or after the date that is  
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the head of each
 executive agency shall consider        
equipment rental in such                
cost-effectiveness analysis4  7#b7      
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation ,the  
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation shall 
be revised to implement the requirement 
under paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,study of    
cost-,effectiveness analysis ,not later 

than #b years after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,oversight  
and ,government ,reform of the ,house of
 ,representatives and the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a comprehensive 
report on the decisions made by the     
executive agencies with the highest     
levels of acquisition spending1 and a   
sample of executive agencies with lower 
levels of acquisition spending1 to      
acquire high-value equipment by lease1  
rental1 or purchase pursuant to subpart 
#g4d of the ,federal ,acquisition       
,regulation4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,equipment rental ,the    
term equipment rental means the         
acquisition of equipment by contract    
from a commercial source for a temporary
 period of use with no fixed duration4  
7#b7 ,executive agency ,the term        
executive agency has the meaning given  
that term in section #ajb of title #dj1 

,united ,states ,code4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,november    
#ac1 #bjag4;,clerk4