3.0.0 3663 2022-02-03T05:53:22Z 2022-02-03T05:53:22Z Senate S S 2012-12-06 112 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-06T16:06:25Z 2012-12-06 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2012-12-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-12-06 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Defense spending Department of Defense Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Land use and conservation Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-12-06 Introduced in Senate 2013-02-06T19:37:24Z Revises provisions concerning a required congressional notification and waiting period prior to the closure or realignment of a military installation by the Department of Defense (DOD) to instead prohibit, absent specific legislative authorization, any realignment involving a reduction of the lesser of: (1) 100 or more combined military and civilian personnel, or (2) 50% of the highest number of such personnel assigned to that installation during any of the previous four years. Allows only the Secretary of Defense (under current law, either such Secretary or the Secretary of the military department concerned) to provide such notification, and to include a description of the alternatives considered, an estimate of the number of military, civilian, and contractor personnel affected, and a plan to provide support for affected communities.

Excepts from such requirements the relocation of personnel or functions required to support the deployment of members of the Armed Forces, as long as such personnel and functions are returned to the installation after the deployment.

Includes as a military installation, for purposes of such requirements: (1) any public land under Bureau of Land Management control that is withdrawn and reserved for military training and testing, and (2) any leased space in which more than 300 combined military and civilian personnel are housed.

]]> A bill to reassert the proper role of Congress in closing or realigning military installations. Display Title A bill to reassert the proper role of Congress in closing or realigning military installations. Official Title as Introduced A bill to reassert the proper role of Congress in closing or realigning military installations. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3663is/xml/BILLS-112s3663is.xml 2012-12-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.