[House Document 109-56]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



109th Congress                                              H. Document 
1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             109-56
_______________________________________________________________________


 
                         RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
                          DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE
                       AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION

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                                MESSAGE



                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES



                              transmitting



 CERTIFICATION OF HIS APPROVAL OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN 
THE COMMISSION'S REPORT, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 101-510, SEC. 2903(e) (104 
                              STAT. 1812)



                            Volumes 1 and 2






 September 19, 2005.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed

 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION

109th Congress                                              H. Document 
1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             109-56
_______________________________________________________________________

                                     

                         RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

                          DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE

                       AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION



                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 CERTIFICATION OF HIS APPROVAL OF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN 
THE COMMISSION'S REPORT, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 101-510, SEC. 2903(e) (104 
                              STAT. 1812)

                            Volumes 1 and 2




 September 19, 2005.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed

To the Congress of the United States:
    I transmit herewith the report containing the recommendations of 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission pursuant to 
sections 2903 and 2914 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990, Public Law 101-510, 104 Stat. 1810, as amended. That report 
includes changes referenced in errata sheets submitted to me by the 
Commission, including the enclosed errata sheets dated September 8, 
September 9, September 12, and September 13, 2005.
    I note that I am in receipt of a letter from Chairman Principi, 
dated September 8, 2005, regarding a district court injunction then in 
effect relating to the Bradley International Airport Air Guard Station 
in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Chairman Principi's letter states that, 
as a result of that injunction, ``you should consider the portion of 
Recommendation 85 . . . that recommends realignment of the Connecticut 
103rd Fighter Wing withdrawn from the Commission's report.'' The 
Chairman's letter further states that ``[i]f the court's injunction is 
later vacated, reversed, stayed, or otherwise withdrawn, it is the 
intent of the Commission that the entirety of the recommendation be a 
part of the Commission's report.'' On September 9, 2005, the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted a stay of the 
district court's injunction. Because the injunction is no longer in 
effect, Recommendation 85 in its entirety is part of the Commission's 
report.
    I certify that I approve all the recommendations contained in the 
Commission's report.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, September 15, 2005.

    
    
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