To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require that testimony before the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission be given under oath.

Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require that all testimony at public hearings conducted by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission be presented under oath.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2131 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2131

   To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to 
require that testimony before the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
                    Commission be given under oath.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 1993

  Mr. McHugh introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to 
require that testimony before the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
                    Commission be given under oath.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TESTIMONY BEFORE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT 
              COMMISSION.

    (a) Oaths Required.--Section 2903(d)(1) of 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 
new sentence: ``All testimony before the Commission at a public hearing 
conducted under this paragraph shall be presented under oath.''.
    (b) Application of Amendment.--The amendment made by this section 
shall apply with respect to all public hearings conducted by the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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