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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2511 

To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment until 

the completion of certain specified activities by the Secretary of Defense 

and the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2005 

Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. HOLT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. HERSETH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services 

A BILL 

To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and 

realignment until the completion of certain specified activities by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

of Homeland Security. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE 

4 BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT. 

5 (a) POSTPONEMENT.—Effective as of May 13, 2005, 

6 the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

7 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–09510; 10 
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1 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following new section: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2915. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE 

4 BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro6 vision of this part, the round of defense base closure and 

7 realignment otherwise scheduled to occur under this part 

8 in 2005 by reasons of sections 2912, 2913, and 2914 shall 

9 occur instead in the year following the year in which the 

10 last of the actions described in subsection (b) occurs (in 

11 this section referred to as the ‘postponed closure round 

12 year’). 

13 ‘‘(b) ACTIONS REQUIRED BEFORE BASE CLOSURE

14 ROUND.—(1) The actions referred to in subsection (a) are 

15 the following actions: 

16 ‘‘(A) The complete analysis, consideration, and, 

17 where appropriate, implementation by the Secretary 

18 of Defense of the recommendations of the Commis19 sion on Review of Overseas Military Facility Struc20 ture of the United States. 

21 ‘‘(B) The return from deployment in the Iraq 

22 theater of operations of substantially all (as deter23 mined by the Secretary of Defense) major combat 

24 units and assets of the Armed Forces. 
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1 ‘‘(C) The receipt by the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa3 tives of the report on the quadrennial defense review 

4 required to be submitted in 2006 by the Secretary 

5 of Defense under section 118(d) of title 10, United 

6 States Code. 

7 ‘‘(D) The complete development and implemen8 tation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

9 of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Se10 curity Strategy. 

11 ‘‘(E) The complete development and implemen12 tation by the Secretary of Defense of the Homeland 

13 Defense and Civil Support directive. 

14 ‘‘(F) The receipt by the Committees on Armed 

15 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa16 tives of a report submitted by the Secretary of De17 fense that assesses military installation needs taking 

18 into account— 

19 ‘‘(i) relevant factors identified through the 

20 recommendations of the Commission on Review 

21 of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 

22 United States; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the return of the major combat units 

24 and assets described in subparagraph (B); 
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1 ‘‘(iii) relevant factors identified in the re2 port on the 2005 quadrennial defense review; 

3 ‘‘(iv) the National Maritime Security 

4 Strategy; and 

5 ‘‘(v) the Homeland Defense and Civil Sup6 port directive. 

7 ‘‘(2) The report required under subparagraph (F) of 

8 paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than one year 

9 after the occurrence of the last action described in sub10 paragraphs (A) through (E) of such paragraph. 

11 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—For purposes of sections 

12 2912, 2913, and 2914, each date in a year that is specified 

13 in such sections shall be deemed to be the same date in 

14 the postponed closure round year, and each reference to 

15 a fiscal year in such sections shall be deemed to be a ref16 erence to the fiscal year that is the number of years after 

17 the original fiscal year that is equal to the number of years 

18 that the postponed closure round year is after 2005.’’. 

19 (b) INEFFECTIVENESS OF PRIOR ACTIVITIES UNDER

20 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND RE21 ALIGNMENT.—Upon the date of the enactment of this Act, 

22 the list of military installations recommended for closure 

23 or realignment that the Secretary of Defense submitted 

24 to Congress on May 13, 2005, pursuant to section 2914 

25 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 
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1 1990, and all other actions carried out under such section 

2 by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commis3 sion or the President before the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act, shall have no further force and effect. 

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