    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [September 15, 2005]
    [Page 1439]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report of the Defense Base
    Closure and Realignment Commission
    September 15, 2005

    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    withdrawn from the Commission's report.''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    stayed, or otherwise withdrawn, it is the intent of the Commission that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    Because the injunction is no longer in effect, Recommendation 85 in its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.