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  BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 
                                  1994

  Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 2534) to revise and improve the 
process for disposing of buildings and property at military 
installations under the base closure laws, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and I will 
not object, I yield to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Gonzalez] for the 
purpose of explaining this measure.
  (Mr. GONZALEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, this legislation establishes a 
collaborative process between the community and homeless providers in 
determining the use of military bases after closure to ensure that the 
best use of these bases is made for housing and community development. 
This is a significant reform to the process that will balance the needs 
of the jurisdiction in which a military base is located among economic 
development, housing, and housing for the homeless. This is the sole 
remaining reform of the many that had been included in the housing 
reauthorization bill which the other body failed to pass. Members on 
both sides of the aisle, communities, and homeless providers and 
advocates agree that this reform is needed and, indeed, essential.
  Let me add that I am pleased to have worked on this matter with the 
chairman of the House Committee on Government Operations, Mr. Conyers, 
whose committee has jurisdiction over these matters. I want to clarify 
for the record that the authorities delegated by this act are an 
extension of the authorities of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 and the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 
Act and that nothing in this bill is meant in any way to alter the 
Government Operations Committee's jurisdictional interest in these 
matters.
  I am also pleased to have worked with the Committee on Armed Services 
and many Members of the House on this provision which we initiated in 
H.R. 3838, the housing reauthorization bill.
  Mr. Speaker, let me add that we owe quite a bit to the gentleman from 
Michigan [Mr. Conyers], the chairman of the Committee on Government 
Operations, who has primary jurisdiction in these matters, and whose 
committee worked very diligently with ours, and yielded this aspect to 
the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
  I am also very pleased to report that we had equal, reciprocal, and 
harmonious dealings with the Committee on Armed Services, and we have 
provided a much-needed method and mechanism that has a direct impact on 
at least 10 different jurisdictions in our country right now.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to also, for the record, express profound 
appreciation for the great work the gentlewoman from New Jersey [Mrs. 
Roukema], the minority ranking member of the Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance and 
Urban Affairs, has continued to perform on a sustained and very 
substantial basis.
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, and 
I will not object, but I appreciate the gentleman's explanation of the 
bill. I think it is quite a thorough explanation. It certainly has my 
support, and adds further flexibility to local authorities in dealing 
with these very difficult problems, and at the same time giving the 
help and assistance to the homeless.
  Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. Bereuter], who was a major force in moving 
this legislation.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to 
me.
  Mr. Speaker, this Member does not intend to object, but simply rises 
to confirm that this measure is the very slightly modified version of 
legislation passed by the House in H.R. 3838 as this Member's amendment 
relating to the disposition of closing military bases to homeless 
assistance providers.
  Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a compromise measure worked out 
among Members of this body, the other body, homeless advocates, 
community representatives with particular assistance from the office of 
Gov. Pete Wilson, who originally brought this issue to this Member's 
attention. Although this Member does not have any closing military 
bases in his district, or even in his State, he is pleased to have 
offered the original version of this language in the House, and is most 
pleased with this broader compromise measure. This legislation is good 
policy which will create a more rational, orderly method in bringing 
communities and homeless advocates together to formulate a re-use plan 
which provides economic viability for the community while addressing 
the needs of the homeless in that community. This is truly a bipartisan 
effort and this Member thanks the distinguished chairman of the Banking 
Committee, Mr. Gonzalez, the distinguished ranking minority member of 
the Banking Committee, Mr. Leach and the distinguished ranking minority 
member of the Housing Subcommittee, Mrs. Roukema, and all those 
involved in bringing this compromise before us today. This Member 
strongly urges its passage.

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  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I 
yield to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento].
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Members who worked on this, especially the 
staff. This is a simple little 4- or 5-page amendment that came up in 
the subcommittee markup on housing, and it has turned into some 25 
pages, a rewrite of title V as it deals with base closures. This 
coordinates the McKinney Act and the base closure more closely while 
preserving the important excess property provisions of the McKinney 
Act. I thank the Members for their cooperation and patience and I think 
we saved what we could in regard to trying to provide housing for those 
who need it.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to give some perspective to this 
legislation we are considering now with regard to the rewrite of how 
McKinney title V surplus property rights for the homeless will be 
changed for military properties going through base closure procedures.
  This legislation represents an agreement that has been carefully 
worked out between relevant committees on both sides of the Hill and on 
both sides of the aisle since legislation similar to this was passed by 
the House in July. We have reached this agreement between the Banking, 
Armed Services and Government Operations Committees to create a new and 
improved process for communities and homeless providers to come 
together to plan for ``military base closure properties.'' This revised 
plan calls for them to come together at the same time, in the same 
process, in order to reduce the conflicts that localities, already 
under a great deal of stress, will have to go through in planning for 
their future.
  Some are concerned that we have given away the store, here, with 
regard to using these Federal resources to assist the homeless.
  Mr. Speaker, not only is that not our intent, it is not the case.
  The provisions we would establish with this bill will create a 
process for notice and outreach to providers for the homeless, a 
defined process for applying for properties, a process for 
redevelopment plans, a review and approval of all of the above by the 
Secretary of HUD, an appropriate series of time lines, and a guarantee 
that applications approved prior to enactment will receive 
substantially equivalent properties, funds or services should a local 
redevelopment authority choose to fall under this new base closure 
redevelopment law.
  This legislative proposal does not affect other surplus property, 
i.e., those that are not military installations under base closure 
procedures, that fall under title V of the McKinney Act. It is a good 
compromise that represents a viable way to meet the serious homeless 
needs in our communities across the country while providing a sense of 
empowerment to communities so that they may move ahead with the 
redevelopment of their economies and their lives. And that too, Mr. 
Speaker, is good for those without jobs or economic opportunity; those 
who might be homeless or near homelessness themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, perhaps this legislation will not be what everyone 
wants. it is, however, a well worked compromise that I am pleased we 
will bring to fruition now.
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I 
yield to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum], another member of 
the committee.
  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to comment, not only being a member of the 
committee but being a Member that has a base being affected by this, on 
the fact that this has been a very good resolution of a difficult 
problem for many communities that have base closures, because now that 
we have gotten this legislation in place, there will be an opportunity 
for the Base Reuse Commission or the Redevelopment Agency as is 
described in this legislation of the local community to have much more 
input in relationship to the homeless and the needs of the homeless and 
in the use of the properties than was present under the existing law. I 
think that is going to make a lot of people feel better about it.
  It also allows the specific consideration of the economic impact to 
the community, the various considerations that are to be taken into 
account, including the use of the property for the homeless.
  For many reasons, this is a very, very important step for those 
communities such as Orlando's which are involved in this process right 
now.
  I commend the gentlewoman, the chairman of the committee, and all of 
the others who worked on it, especially the gentleman from Nebraska 
[Mr. Bereuter] whom I know has spent many hours on this.
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I 
yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer].
  (Mr. SCHUMER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, the hour is late. I think much has been said. I want to 
thank the chairman, the gentlewoman, the gentleman from Nebraska, the 
gentleman from Minnesota, and all others who worked on this. I am in 
both categories, a member of the committee with a great interest in 
seeing we provide adequate housing for all Americans, and, second, 
someone with a base affected by this legislation. As has been said 
before, I think this bill reconciles both interests very, very well.
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, this work could not have been done without 
the assistance and leadership of the gentleman from New York [Mr. 
Schumer].
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Peterson of Florida). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 2534

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may cited as the ``Base Closure Community 
     Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY AT MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS APPROVED FOR CLOSURE.

       (a) In General.--Section 2905(b) 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) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
     paragraph (7):
       ``(7)(A) Determinations of the use to assist the homeless 
     of buildings and property located at installations approved 
     for closure under this part after the date of the enactment 
     of this paragraph shall be determined under this paragraph 
     rather than paragraph (6).
       ``(B)(i) Not later than the date on which the Secretary of 
     Defense completes the final determination referred to in 
     paragraph (5) relating to the use or transferability of any 
     portion of an installation covered by this paragraph, the 
     Secretary shall--
       ``(I) identify the buildings and property at the 
     installation for which the Department of Defense has a use, 
     for which another department or agency of the Federal 
     Government has identified a use, or of which another 
     department or agency will accept a transfer;
       ``(II) take such actions as are necessary to identify any 
     building or property at the installation not identified under 
     subclause (I) that is excess property or surplus property;
       ``(III) submit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development and to the redevelopment authority for the 
     installation (or the chief executive officer of the State in 
     which the installation is located if there is no 
     redevelopment authority for the installation at the 
     completion of the determination described in the stem of this 
     sentence) information on any building or property that is 
     identified under subclause (II); and
       ``(IV) publish in the Federal Register and in a newspaper 
     of general circulation in the communities in the vicinity of 
     the installation information on the buildings and property 
     identified under subclause (II).
       ``(ii) Upon the recognition of a redevelopment authority 
     for an installation covered by this paragraph, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register and in a 
     newspaper of general circulation in the communities in the 
     vicinity of the installation information on the redevelopment 
     authority.
       ``(C)(i) State and local governments, representatives of 
     the homeless, and other interested parties located in the 
     communities in the vicinity of an installation covered by 
     this paragraph shall submit to the redevelopment authority 
     for the installation a notice of the interest, if any, of 
     such governments, representatives, and parties in the 
     buildings or property, or any portion thereof, at the 
     installation that are identified under subparagraph 
     (B)(i)(II). A notice of interest under this clause shall 
     describe the need of the government, representative, or party 
     concerned for the buildings or property covered by the 
     notice.
       ``(ii) The redevelopment authority for an installation 
     shall assist the governments, representatives, and parties 
     referred to in clause (i) in evaluating buildings and 
     property at the installation for purposes of this 
     subparagraph.
       ``(iii) In providing assistance under clause (ii), a 
     redevelopment authority shall--
       ``(I) consult with representatives of the homeless in the 
     communities in the vicinity of the installation concerned; 
     and
       ``(II) undertake outreach efforts to provide information on 
     the buildings and property to representatives of the 
     homeless, and to other persons or entities interested in 
     assisting the homeless, in such communities.
       ``(iv) It is the sense of Congress that redevelopment 
     authorities should begin to conduct outreach efforts under 
     clause (iii)(II) with respect to an installation as soon as 
     is practicable after the date of approval of closure of the 
     installation.
       ``(D)(i) State and local governments, representatives of 
     the homeless, and other interested parties shall submit a 
     notice of interest to a redevelopment authority under 
     subparagraph (C) not later than the date specified for such 
     notice by the redevelopment authority.
       ``(ii) The date specified under clause (i) shall be--
       ``(I) in the case of an installation for which a 
     redevelopment authority has been recognized as of the date of 
     the completion of the determinations referred to in paragraph 
     (5), not earlier than 3 months and not later than 6 months 
     after that date; and
       ``(II) in the case of an installation for which a 
     redevelopment authority is not recognized as of such date, 
     not earlier than 3 months and not later than 6 months after 
     the date of the recognition of a redevelopment authority for 
     the installation.
       ``(iii) Upon specifying a date for an installation under 
     this subparagraph, the redevelopment authority for the 
     installation shall--
       ``(I) publish the date specified in a newspaper of general 
     circulation in the communities in the vicinity of the 
     installation concerned; and
       ``(II) notify the Secretary of Defense of the date.
       ``(E)(i) In submitting to a redevelopment authority under 
     subparagraph (C) a notice of interest in the use of buildings 
     or property at an installation to assist the homeless, a 
     representative of the homeless shall submit the following:
       ``(I) A description of the homeless assistance program that 
     the representative proposes to carry out at the installation.
       ``(II) An assessment of the need for the program.
       ``(III) A description of the extent to which the program is 
     or will be coordinated with other homeless assistance 
     programs in the communities in the vicinity of the 
     installation.
       ``(IV) A description of the buildings and property at the 
     installation that are necessary in order to carry out the 
     program.
       ``(V) A description of the financial plan, the 
     organization, and the organizational capacity of the 
     representative to carry out the program.
       ``(VI) An assessment of the time required in order to 
     commence carrying out the program.
       ``(ii) A redevelopment authority may not release to the 
     public any information submitted to the redevelopment 
     authority under clause (i)(V) without the consent of the 
     representative of the homeless concerned unless such release 
     is authorized under Federal law and under the law of the 
     State and communities in which the installation concerned is 
     located.
       ``(F)(i) The redevelopment authority for each installation 
     covered by this paragraph shall prepare a redevelopment plan 
     for the installation. The redevelopment authority shall, in 
     preparing the plan, consider the interests in the use to 
     assist the homeless of the buildings and property at the 
     installation that are expressed in the notices submitted to 
     the redevelopment authority under subparagraph (C).
       ``(ii)(I) In connection with a redevelopment plan for an 
     installation, a redevelopment authority and representatives 
     of the homeless shall prepare legally binding agreements that 
     provide for the use to assist the homeless of buildings and 
     property, resources, and assistance on or off the 
     installation. The implementation of such agreements shall be 
     contingent upon the approval of the redevelopment plan by the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under subparagraph 
     (H) or (J).
       ``(II) Agreements under this clause shall provide for the 
     reversion to the redevelopment authority concerned, or to 
     such other entity or entities as the agreements shall 
     provide, of buildings and property that are made available 
     under this paragraph for use to assist the homeless in the 
     event that such buildings and property cease being used for 
     that purpose.
       ``(iii) A redevelopment authority shall provide opportunity 
     for public comment on a redevelopment plan before submission 
     of the plan to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development under subparagraph (G).
       ``(iv) A redevelopment authority shall complete preparation 
     of a redevelopment plan for an installation and submit the 
     plan under subparagraph (G) not later than 9 months after the 
     date specified by the redevelopment authority for the 
     installation under subparagraph (D).
       ``(G)(i) Upon completion of a redevelopment plan under 
     subparagraph (F), a redevelopment authority shall submit an 
     application containing the plan to the Secretary of Defense 
     and to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
       ``(ii) A redevelopment authority shall include in an 
     application under clause (i) the following:
       ``(I) A copy of the redevelopment plan, including a summary 
     of any public comments on the plan received by the 
     redevelopment authority under subparagraph (F)(iii).
       ``(II) A copy of each notice of interest of use of 
     buildings and property to assist the homeless that was 
     submitted to the redevelopment authority under subparagraph 
     (C), together with a description of the manner, if any, in 
     which the plan addresses the interest expressed in each such 
     notice and, if the plan does not address such an interest, an 
     explanation why the plan does not address the interest.
       ``(III) A summary of the outreach undertaken by the 
     redevelopment authority under subparagraph (C)(iii)(II) in 
     preparing the plan.
       ``(IV) A statement identifying the representatives of the 
     homeless and the homeless assistance planning boards, if any, 
     with which the redevelopment authority consulted in preparing 
     the plan, and the results of such consultations.
       ``(V) An assessment of the manner in which the 
     redevelopment plan balances the expressed needs of the 
     homeless and the need of the communities in the vicinity of 
     the installation for economic redevelopment and other 
     development.
       ``(VI) Copies of the agreements that the redevelopment 
     authority proposes to enter into under subparagraph (F)(ii).
       ``(H)(i) Not later than 60 days after receiving a 
     redevelopment plan under subparagraph (G), the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall complete a review of the 
     plan. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the 
     plan, with respect to the expressed interest and requests of 
     representatives of the homeless--
       ``(I) takes into consideration the size and nature of the 
     homeless population in the communities in the vicinity of the 
     installation, the availability of existing services in such 
     communities to meet the needs of the homeless in such 
     communities, and the suitability of the buildings and 
     property covered by the plan for the use and needs of the 
     homeless in such communities;
       ``(II) takes into consideration any economic impact of the 
     homeless assistance under the plan on the communities in the 
     vicinity of the installation;
       ``(III) balances in an appropriate manner the needs of the 
     communities in the vicinity of the installation for economic 
     redevelopment and other development with the needs of the 
     homeless in such communities;
       ``(IV) was developed in consultation with representatives 
     of the homeless and the homeless assistance planning boards, 
     if any, in the communities in the vicinity of the 
     installation; and
       ``(V) specifies the manner in which buildings and property, 
     resources, and assistance on or off the installation will be 
     made available for homeless assistance purposes.
       ``(ii) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall, in completing the review 
     of a plan under this subparagraph, take into consideration 
     and be receptive to the predominate views on the plan of the 
     communities in the vicinity of the installation covered by 
     the plan.
       ``(iii) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
     engage in negotiations and consultations with a redevelopment 
     authority before or during the course of a review under 
     clause (i) with a view toward resolving any preliminary 
     determination of the Secretary that a redevelopment plan does 
     not meet a requirement set forth in that clause. The 
     redevelopment authority may modify the redevelopment plan as 
     a result of such negotiations and consultations.
       ``(iv) Upon completion of a review of a redevelopment plan 
     under clause (i), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall notify the Secretary of Defense and the 
     redevelopment authority concerned of the determination of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under that clause.
       ``(v) If the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     determines as a result of such a review that a redevelopment 
     plan does not meet the requirements set forth in clause (i), 
     a notice under clause (iv) shall include--
       ``(I) an explanation of that determination; and
       ``(II) a statement of the actions that the redevelopment 
     authority must undertake in order to address that 
     determination.
       ``(I)(i) Upon receipt of a notice under subparagraph 
     (H)(iv) of a determination that a redevelopment plan does not 
     meet a requirement set forth in subparagraph (H)(i), a 
     redevelopment authority shall have the opportunity to--
       ``(I) revise the plan in order to address the 
     determination; and
       ``(II) submit the revised plan to the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.
       ``(ii) A redevelopment authority shall submit a revised 
     plan under this subparagraph to the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development, if at all, not later than 90 days after 
     the date on which the redevelopment authority receives the 
     notice referred to in clause (i).
       ``(J)(i) Not later than 30 days after receiving a revised 
     redevelopment plan under subparagraph (I), the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development shall review the revised plan 
     and determine if the plan meets the requirements set forth in 
     subparagraph (H)(i).
       ``(ii) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
     notify the Secretary of Defense and the redevelopment 
     authority concerned of the determination of the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development under this subparagraph.
       ``(K) Upon receipt of a notice under subparagraph (H)(vi) 
     or (J)(ii) of the determination of the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development that a redevelopment plan for an 
     installation meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph 
     (H)(i), the Secretary of Defense shall dispose of the 
     buildings and property located at the installation that are 
     identified in the plan as available for use to assist the 
     homeless in accordance with the provisions of the plan. The 
     Secretary of Defense may dispose of such buildings or 
     property directly to the representatives of the homeless 
     concerned or to the redevelopment authority concerned. The 
     Secretary of Defense shall dispose of the buildings and 
     property under this subparagraph without consideration.
       ``(L)(i) If the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     determines under subparagraph (J) that a revised 
     redevelopment plan for an installation does not meet the 
     requirements set forth in subparagraph (H)(i), or if no 
     revised plan is so submitted, that Secretary shall--
       ``(I) review the original redevelopment plan submitted to 
     that Secretary under subparagraph (G), including the notice 
     or notices of representatives of the homeless referred to in 
     clause (ii)(II) of that subparagraph;
       ``(II) consult with the representatives referred to in 
     subclause (I), if any, for purposes of evaluating the 
     continuing interest of such representatives in the use of 
     buildings or property at the installation to assist the 
     homeless;
       ``(III) request that each such representative submit to 
     that Secretary the items described in clause (ii); and
       ``(IV) based on the actions of that Secretary under 
     subclauses (I) and (II), and on any information obtained by 
     that Secretary as a result of such actions, indicate to the 
     Secretary of Defense the buildings and property at the 
     installation that meets the requirements set forth in 
     subparagraph (H)(i).
       ``(ii) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
     request under clause (i)(III) that a representative of the 
     homeless submit to that Secretary the following:
       ``(I) A description of the program of such representative 
     to assist the homeless.
       ``(II) A description of the manner in which the buildings 
     and property that the representative proposes to use for such 
     purpose will assist the homeless.
       ``(III) Such information as that Secretary requires in 
     order to determine the financial capacity of the 
     representative to carry out the program and to ensure that 
     the program will be carried out in compliance with Federal 
     environmental law and Federal law against discrimination.
       ``(IV) A certification that police services, fire 
     protection services, and water and sewer services available 
     in the communities in the vicinity of the installation 
     concerned are adequate for the program.
       ``(iii) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall indicate to the Secretary of Defense and to the 
     redevelopment authority concerned the buildings and property 
     at an installation under clause (i)(IV) to be disposed of not 
     later than 90 days after the date of a receipt of a revised 
     plan for the installation under subparagraph (J).
       ``(iv) The Secretary of Defense shall dispose of the 
     buildings and property at an installation referred to in 
     clause (iii) to entities indicated by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development or by transfer to the 
     redevelopment authority concerned for transfer to such 
     entities. Such disposal shall be in accordance with the 
     indications of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     under clause (i)(IV). Such disposal shall be without 
     consideration.
       ``(M)(i) In the event of the disposal of buildings and 
     property of an installation pursuant to subparagraph (K), the 
     redevelopment authority for the installation shall be 
     responsible for the implementation of and compliance with 
     agreements under the redevelopment plan described in that 
     subparagraph for the installation.
       ``(ii) If a building or property reverts to a redevelopment 
     authority under such an agreement, the redevelopment 
     authority shall take appropriate actions to secure, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, the utilization of the building 
     or property by other homeless representatives to assist the 
     homeless. A redevelopment authority may not be required to 
     utilize the building or property to assist the homeless.
       ``(N) The Secretary of Defense may postpone or extend any 
     deadline provided for under this paragraph in the case of an 
     installation covered by this paragraph for such period as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate if the Secretary determines 
     that such postponement is in the interests of the communities 
     affected by the closure of the installation. The Secretary 
     shall make such determinations in consultation with the 
     redevelopment authority concerned and, in the case of 
     deadlines provided for under this paragraph with respect to 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development.
       ``(O) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `communities 
     in the vicinity of the installation', in the case of an 
     installation, means the communities that constitute the 
     political jurisdictions (other than the State in which the 
     installation is located) that comprise the redevelopment 
     authority for the installation.''.
       (b) Definition.--Section 2910 of such Act is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(10) The term `representative of the homeless' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 501(h)(4) of the Stewart 
     B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11411(h)(4)).''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment to  1990 Base Closure Act.--
     Section 2905(b)(6)(A) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
     end the following: ``For procedures relating to the use to 
     assist the homeless of buildings and property at 
     installations closed under this part after the date of the 
     enactment of this sentence, see paragraph (7).''.
       (d) Conforming Amendment to McKinney Act.--Section 501 of 
     the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11411) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
     subsection (h):
       ``(h) Applicability to Property Under Base Closure 
     Process.--(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
     to buildings and property at military installations that are 
     approved for closure under 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) after the date of the enactment 
     of this subsection.
       ``(2) For provisions relating to the use to assist the 
     homeless of buildings and property located at certain 
     military installations approved for closure under such Act, 
     or under title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and 
     Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 
     U.S.C. 2687 note), before such date, see section 2(e) of Base 
     Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act 
     of 1994.''.
       (e) Applicability to Installations Approved for Closure 
     Before Enactment of Act.--(1)(A) Notwithstanding any 
     provision of the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base 
     closure Act, as such provision was in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C), the use to assist the homeless of 
     building and property at military installations approved for 
     closure under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base 
     closure Act, as the case may be, before such date shall be 
     determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (7) 
     of section 2905(b) of the 1990 base closure Act, as amended 
     by subsection (a), in lieu of the provisions of the 1988 base 
     closure Act or the 1990 base closure Act that would otherwise 
     apply to the installations.
       (B)(i) The provisions of such paragraph (7) shall apply to 
     an installation referred to in subparagraph (A) only if the 
     redevelopment authority for the installation submits a 
     request to the Secretary of Defense not later than 60 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (ii) In the case of an installation for which no 
     redevelopment authority exists on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the chief executive officer of the State in 
     which the installation is located shall submit the request 
     referred to in clause (i) and act as the redevelopment 
     authority for the installation.
       (C) The provisions of such paragraph (7) shall not apply to 
     any buildings or property at an installation referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) for which the redevelopment authority 
     submits a request referred to in subparagraph (B) within the 
     time specified in such subparagraph (B) if the buildings or 
     property, as the case may be, have been transferred or leased 
     for use to assist the homeless under the 1988 base closure 
     Act or the 1990 base closure Act, as the case may be, before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) For purposes of the application of such paragraph (7) 
     to the buildings and property at an installation, the date on 
     which the Secretary receives a request with respect to the 
     installation under paragraph (1) shall be treated as the date 
     on which the Secretary of Defense completes the final 
     determination referred to in subparagraph (B) of such 
     paragraph (7).
       (3) Upon receipt under paragraph (1)(B) of a timely request 
     with respect to an installation, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall publish in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of 
     general circulation in the communities in the vicinity of the 
     installation information describing the redevelopment 
     authority for the installation.
       (4)(A) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, during 
     the 60-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, carry out with respect to any military installation 
     approved for closure under the 1988 base closure Act or the 
     1990 base closure Act before such date any action required of 
     such Secretaries under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 
     base closure Act, as the case may be, or under section 501 of 
     the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11411).
       (B)(i) Upon receipt under paragraph (1)(A) of a timely 
     request with respect to an installation, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall notify the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     that the disposal of buildings and property at the 
     installation shall be determined under such paragraph (7) in 
     accordance with this subsection.
       (ii) Upon receipt of a notice with respect to an 
     installation under this subparagraph, the requirements, if 
     any, of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to 
     the installation under the provisions of law referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) shall terminate.
       (iii) Upon receipt of a notice with respect to an 
     installation under this subparagraph, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services shall notify each representative of the 
     homeless that submitted to that Secretary an application to 
     use buildings or property at the installation to assist the 
     homeless under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base 
     closure Act, as the case may be, that the use of buildings 
     and property at the installation to assist the homeless shall 
     be determined under such paragraph (7) in accordance with 
     this subsection.
       (5)(A) In preparing a redevelopment plan for buildings and 
     property at an installation covered by such paragraph (7) by 
     reason of this subsection, the redevelopment authority 
     concerned shall--
       (A) consider and address specifically any applications for 
     use of such buildings and property to assist the homeless 
     that were received by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services under the 1988 base closure Act or the 1990 base 
     closure Act, as the case may be, before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and are pending with that Secretary on 
     that date; and
       (B) incorporate in the plan an accommodation of the needs 
     of the homeless on or off the installation that is at least 
     substantially equivalent to the accommodations of the needs 
     of the homeless that were provided for in any such 
     applications that were so received before such date and were 
     approved by that Secretary before that date.
       (6) In the case of an installation to which the provisions 
     of such paragraph (7) apply by reason of this subsection, the 
     date specified by the redevelopment authority for the 
     installation under subparagraph (D) of such paragraph (7) 
     shall be not less than 1 month and not more than 6 months 
     after the date of the submittal of the request with respect 
     to the installation under paragraph (1)(B).
       (7) For purposes of this subsection:
       (A) The term ``1988 base closure Act'' means title II of 
     the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 
     Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
       (B) The term ``1990 base closure Act'' means 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).
       (f) Clarifying Amendments to Base Closure Acts.--(1) 
     Section 204(b)(6)(F)(i) of the Defense Authorization 
     Amendments and Base Closure Act and Realignment Act (Public 
     Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by inserting 
     ``and buildings and property referred to in subparagraph 
     (B)(ii) which have not been identified as suitable for use to 
     assist the homeless under subparagraph (C),'' after 
     ``subparagraph (D),''.
       (2) Section 2905(b)(6)(F)(i) 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) is amended by inserting 
     ``and buildings and property referred to in subparagraph 
     (B)(ii) which have not been identified as suitable for use to 
     assist the homeless under subparagraph (C),'' after 
     ``subparagraph (D),''.
  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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