[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2733 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2733

  To prohibit the closure or adverse realignment of facilities of the 
 reserve components that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
              have a significant role in homeland defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2005

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the closure or adverse realignment of facilities of the 
 reserve components that the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
              have a significant role in homeland defense.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OR ADVERSE REALIGNMENT OF GUARD AND 
              RESERVE FACILITIES HAVING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN HOMELAND 
              DEFENSE.

    (a) Report on Facilities With Significant Role in Homeland 
Defense.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall review the list of 
military installations recommended for closure or realignment by the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission in the report 
transmitted to Congress by the President pursuant to section 2914(e) 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) and prepare a report 
specifying each armory, readiness center, and other facility used for 
the development, training, operation, or maintenance of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces that, while identified for closure or 
adverse realignment on such list, has a significant role in homeland 
defense.
    (b) Submission of Report.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
complete the review required by subsection (a) and submit the report to 
Congress not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (c) Prohibition on Closure or Realignment.--Notwithstanding section 
2904 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 Secretary 
of Defense may not close or realign any armory, readiness center, or 
other facility of the reserve components identified in the report 
prepared under subsection (a) as an armory, readiness center, or other 
facility of the reserve components that has a significant role in 
homeland defense.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``armory'', 
``facility'', and ``readiness center'' have the meaning given those 
terms in section 18232 of title 10, United States Code.
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