[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1321 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1321

   To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to 
   require the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and 
 Realignment Commission to consider military installations outside the 
   United States for closure and realignment in addition to military 
                installations inside the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1993

 Mr. Horn (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, 
   Mr. Dornan, and Mr. Kim) 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 the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and 
 Realignment Commission to consider military installations outside the 
   United States for closure and realignment in addition to military 
                installations inside the United States.

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

SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
              STATES FOR CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT.

    (a) Expansion of Scope of Base Closure Law.--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--
            (1) by redesignating sections 2910 and 2911 as sections 
        2911 and 2912, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 2909 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 2910. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    ``(a) Recommendations for Termination and Reductions of Military 
Operations Outside the United States.--With respect to recommendations 
made in 1995 for the closure and realignment of military installations 
under this part, the Secretary and the Commission shall include 
recommendations for the termination and reduction of military 
operations carried out by the United States at military installations 
outside the United States.
    ``(b) Selection Criteria.--(1) Not later than December 31, 1993, 
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the 
congressional defense committees the criteria proposed to be used by 
the Department of Defense in making recommendations for terminating and 
reducing military operations carried out by the United States at 
military installations outside the United States. The Secretary shall 
provide an opportunity for public comment on the proposed criteria for 
a period of at least 30 days and shall include notice of that 
opportunity in the publication required under the preceding sentence.
    ``(2) Not later than February 15, 1994, the Secretary shall publish 
in the Federal Register and transmit to the congressional defense 
committees the final criteria to be used in making recommendations for 
terminating and reducing military operations carried out by the United 
States at military installations outside the United States.
    ``(3) The criteria developed under this subsection, along with the 
force-structure plan referred to in section 2903(a), shall be the final 
criteria to be used in making recommendations for terminating and 
reducing military operations carried out by the United States at 
military installations outside the United States, unless the criteria 
are--
            ``(A) disapproved by a joint resolution of Congress enacted 
        on or before March 15, 1994; or
            ``(B) amended by the Secretary in the manner described in 
        section 2903(b)(2)(B).
    ``(c) Recommendations of the Secretary.--The Secretary shall 
transmit recommendations to the Commission for the termination and 
reduction of military operations of the United States at specified 
military installations outside the United States. The recommendations 
shall be included in the recommendations transmitted to the Commission 
with respect to the closure and realignment of military installations 
inside the United States under section 2903(c).
    ``(d) Review and Recommendations by Commission.--The Commission 
shall review the recommendations transmitted by the Secretary under 
subsection (c). The Commission may make changes in the recommendations 
made by the Secretary only in the manner provided in subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D) of section 2903(d)(2). The Commission shall include, in 
its recommendations to the President under section 2903(d), its 
recommendations for the termination and reduction of military 
operations of the United States at specified military installations 
outside the United States.
    ``(e) Review and Transmittal by the President.--The recommendations 
transmitted by the President under section 2903(e) shall contain the 
recommendations of the Commission for the termination and reduction of 
military operations of the United States at specified military 
installations outside the United States.``.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (b) of section 2901 of 
such Act is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this part is to provide a fair 
process that will result in the timely closure and realignment of 
military installations inside and outside the United States.''.
    (2) Section 2911 of such Act, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), 
is amended--
            (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first sentence 
        the following new sentence: ``With respect to military 
        operations carried out by the United States outside the United 
        States, such term includes the sites and facilities at which 
        such operations are carried out without regard to whether the 
        sites and facilities are owned by the United States.''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) The terms `closure' and `realignment' include, with 
        respect to military operations carried out by the United States 
        outside the United States, the termination or reduction of such 
        operations.''.

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