[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1136 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1136

To facilitate the provision by members of the Armed Forces of testimony 
on the military value of military installations in connection with the 
          2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2005

   Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Collins, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
 Sununu, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
 Dodd, and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following bill; which was read 
         twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To facilitate the provision by members of the Armed Forces of testimony 
on the military value of military installations in connection with the 
          2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.

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

SECTION 1. TESTIMONY BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN CONNECTION WITH 
              THE 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT.

    (a) Testimony Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense shall permit 
any member of the Armed Forces to provide to the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission testimony on the military value of a 
military installation inside the United States for purposes of the 
consideration by the Commission of the Secretary's recommendations for 
the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment under section 
2914(d) 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).
    (b) Protection Against Retaliation.--No member of the Armed Forces 
may be discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed, or in any 
other manner discriminated against because such member provided, caused 
to be provided, or is about to provide testimony under subsection (a).
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