109 HR 2733 IH: 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. U.S. House of Representatives 2005-05-26 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2733 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 26, 2005 Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 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.

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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.