[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2641 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2641

To require the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to take 
  into consideration the homeland security contributions and value of 
  military installations when the Commission conducts its review and 
analysis of the list of military installations recommended for closure 
              or realignment by the Secretary of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2005

 Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Herseth, and 
  Mr. Taylor of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to take 
  into consideration the homeland security contributions and value of 
  military installations when the Commission conducts its review and 
analysis of the list of military installations recommended for closure 
              or realignment by the Secretary of Defense.

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

SECTION 1. DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION 
              CONSIDERATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND 
              VALUE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Consideration of Homeland Security Contributions and Value.--In 
conducting its review and analysis of 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 (part A of 
title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Commission shall consider the homeland 
security contributions and value of each military installation included 
on such list.
    (b) Retroactive Application.--If the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission completes its review and analysis of the 
Secretary's list before the date of the enactment of this Act, all 
other actions carried out under section 2914 of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 by the Commission or the President 
before the date of the enactment of this Act shall have no further 
force and effect, and such actions may resume only after the Commission 
complies with subsection (a). In order to provide sufficient time for 
the Commission to comply with subsection (a), each date specified in 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 2914 of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 shall be deemed to be the date that is one year 
later than the specified date.
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