[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2511 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2511

  To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment 
 until the completion of certain specified activities by the Secretary 
           of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2005

   Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Holt, Ms. Slaughter, and Ms. Herseth) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment 
 until the completion of certain specified activities by the Secretary 
           of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    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 as of May 13, 2005, the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 
101-09510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``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 Prior Activities Under 2005 Round of Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment.--Upon the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the list of military installations recommended for closure or 
realignment that the Secretary of Defense submitted to Congress on May 
13, 2005, pursuant to section 2914 of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, and all other actions carried out under such 
section by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission or the 
President before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall have no 
further force and effect.
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