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Bill 2 of 20
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.
(Introduced in Senate)
S 1075 IS
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1075
To postpone the 2005
round of defense base closure and realignment.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 18, 2005
Mr. THUNE (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BINGAMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. DOMENICI,
Mr. GREGG, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LOTT, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. STEVENS, and Mr. SUNUNU)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To postpone the 2005
round of defense base closure and realignment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND
REALIGNMENT.
(a) Postponement- Effective May 13, 2005, the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C.
2687 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 2915. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND
REALIGNMENT.
`(a) In General- Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the
round of defense base closure and realignment otherwise scheduled to occur
under this part in 2005 by reasons of sections 2912, 2913, and 2914 shall
occur instead in the year following the year in which the last of the actions
described in subsection (b) occurs (in this section referred to as the
`postponed closure round year').
`(b) Actions Required Before Base Closure Round- (1) The actions referred
to in subsection (a) are the following actions:
`(A) The complete analysis, consideration, and, where appropriate,
implementation by the Secretary of Defense of the recommendations of the
Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United
States.
`(B) The return from deployment in the Iraq theater of operations of
substantially all (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) major combat
units and assets of the Armed Forces.
`(C) The receipt by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives of the report on the quadrennial defense review
required to be submitted in 2006 by the Secretary of Defense under section
118(d) of title 10, United States Code.
`(D) The complete development and implementation by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the National Maritime
Security Strategy.
`(E) The complete development and implementation by the Secretary of
Defense of the Homeland Defense and Civil Support directive.
`(F) The receipt by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives of a report submitted by the Secretary of
Defense that assesses military installation needs taking into
account--
`(i) relevant factors identified through the recommendations of the
Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United
States;
`(ii) the return of the major combat units and assets described in
subparagraph (B);
`(iii) relevant factors identified in the report on the 2005
quadrennial defense review;
`(iv) the National Maritime Security Strategy; and
`(v) the Homeland Defense and Civil Support directive.
`(2) The report required under subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1) shall be
submitted not later than one year after the occurrence of the last action
described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of such paragraph.
`(c) Administration- For purposes of sections 2912, 2913, and 2914, each
date in a year that is specified in such sections shall be deemed to be the
same date in the postponed closure round year, and each reference to a fiscal
year in such sections shall be deemed to be a reference to the fiscal year
that is the number of years after the original fiscal year that is equal to
the number of years that the postponed closure round year is after 2005.'.
(b) Ineffectiveness of Recommendations for 2005 Round of Defense Base
Closure and Realignment- Effective May 13, 2005, the list of military
installations recommended for closure that the Secretary of Defense submitted
pursuant to section 2914(a) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990 shall have no further force and effect.
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