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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2427 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2005 

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. 

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 May 13, 2005, the 

6 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part 

7 A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 

8 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2915. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE 

2 BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro4 vision of this part, the round of defense base closure and 

5 realignment otherwise scheduled to occur under this part 

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

7 occur instead in the year following the year in which the 

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

9 this section referred to as the ‘postponed closure round 

10 year’). 

11 ‘‘(b) ACTIONS REQUIRED BEFORE BASE CLOSURE

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

13 the following actions: 

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

15 where appropriate, implementation by the Secretary 

16 of Defense of the recommendations of the Commis17 sion on Review of Overseas Military Facility Struc18 ture of the United States. 

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

20 theater of operations of substantially all (as deter21 mined by the Secretary of Defense) major combat 

22 units and assets of the Armed Forces. 

23 ‘‘(C) The receipt by the Committees on Armed 

24 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa25 tives of the report on the quadrennial defense review 

26 required to be submitted in 2006 by the Secretary 
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1 of Defense under section 118(d) of title 10, United 

2 States Code. 

3 ‘‘(D) The complete development and implemen4 tation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Se6 curity Strategy. 

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

9 Defense and Civil Support directive. 

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

11 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa12 tives of a report submitted by the Secretary of De13 fense that assesses military installation needs taking 

14 into account— 

15 ‘‘(i) relevant factors identified through the 

16 recommendations of the Commission on Review 

17 of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 

18 United States; 

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

20 and assets described in subparagraph (B); 

21 ‘‘(iii) relevant factors identified in the re22 port on the 2005 quadrennial defense review; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the National Maritime Security 

24 Strategy; and 
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1 ‘‘(v) the Homeland Defense and Civil Sup2 port directive. 

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

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

5 after the occurrence of the last action described in sub6 paragraphs (A) through (E) of such paragraph. 

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

8 2912, 2913, and 2914, each date in a year that is specified 

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

10 the postponed closure round year, and each reference to 

11 a fiscal year in such sections shall be deemed to be a ref12 erence to the fiscal year that is the number of years after 

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

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

15 (b) INEFFECTIVENESS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

16 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND RE17 ALIGNMENT.—Effective May 13, 2005, the list of military 

18 installations recommended for closure that the Secretary 

19 of Defense submitted pursuant to section 2914(a) of the 

20 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 shall 

21 have no further force and effect. 

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