Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to postpone the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments, as currently required under such Act, until the last of the following occurs: (1) the complete analysis, consideration, and implementation by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) of the recommendations of the Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States; (2) the return from deployment in Iraq of substantially all major U.S. combat units and assets; (3) the receipt by the congressional defense committees of the report on the quadrennial defense review to be submitted by the Secretary in 2006; (4) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Security Strategy; (5) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary of the Homeland Defense and Civil Support directive; and (6) the receipt by the defense committees of a report from the Secretary assessing military installation needs.
States that, effective May 13, 2005, the list of recommendations for 2005 base closures and realignments submitted by the Secretary pursuant to such Act shall have no further force and effect.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1075 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1075
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.
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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
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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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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5447-5448)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5448)
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