BRAC Data Disclosure Act

BRAC Data Disclosure Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, in the event of any future round of military base realignments and closures, to make available to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission appointed in that round, and to the public in unclassified form, all of the military value data used by the Secretary to prepare recommendations for such realignments and closures.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4302 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4302

 To require, in the event of any future round of base realignments and 
  closures, the prompt release of all military value data used by the 
 Secretary of Defense to prepare the recommendations of the Secretary 
       for the realignment and closure of military installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2005

Mrs. Jones of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require, in the event of any future round of base realignments and 
  closures, the prompt release of all military value data used by the 
 Secretary of Defense to prepare the recommendations of the Secretary 
       for the realignment and closure of military installations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``BRAC Data Disclosure Act''.

SEC. 2. RELEASE OF MILITARY VALUE DATA USED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO 
              PREPARE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE RECOMMENDATIONS IN 
              ANY FUTURE BRAC ROUND.

    (a) Release of Data Required.--In the event of any future round of 
base realignments and closures, the Secretary of Defense shall make 
available to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission 
appointed for that round and, in unclassified form, to the public all 
of the military value data used by the Secretary to prepare the 
recommendations of the Secretary for the realignment and closure of 
military installations for that round.
    (b) Time for Release.--The military value data required to be 
released under subsection (a) in connection with any future round of 
base realignments and closures shall be released not later than the 
date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the realignment and 
closure recommendations to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Commission appointed for that round.
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