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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 747

To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the criteria used for the

selection of military installations for closure and realignment under the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 2, 1993

Mr. ZELIFF (for himself and Mr. SWETT) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the criteria

used for the selection of military installations for closure

and realignment under the Defense Base Closure and

Realignment Act of 1990.

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

3 SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF CURRENT ECONOMIC CON4 DITIONS IN LOCALITIES CONTAINING MILI5 TARY INSTALLATIONS CONSIDERED FOR

6 CLOSURE OR REALIGNMENT.

7 (a) ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 2903(b)

8 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
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1 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C.

2 2687 note) is amended by adding at the end the following

3 new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(3) The Secretary shall amend the criteria to be

5 used in making recommendations in 1993 and 1995 for

6 the closure or realignment of military installations in the

7 United States so that the following economic consider8 ations are given equal weight with other established cri9 teria in the selection process:

10 ‘‘(A) The Secretary shall ensure, to the greatest

11 extent practicable, that the economic burden of the

12 closure and realignment of military installations in

13 the United States, including military installations

14 previously selected for closure or realignment, is al15 located equally across the United States.

16 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall evaluate existing eco17 nomic conditions in communities located near a mili18 tary installation considered for closure or realign19 ment and determine the effect that the closure or re20 alignment of the installation would have on economic

21 conditions in these communities.

22 ‘‘(C) In the case of States and local commu23 nities already adversely affected by the closure or re24 alignment of a military installation, the Secretary

25 shall consider the extent to which additional closures
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1 or realignments of military installations would exac2 erbate such adverse economic conditions.’’.

3 (b) TIME PERIOD FOR AMENDMENT OF SELECTION

4 CRITERIA.—The amendment of the base closure and re5 alignment criteria required to be made by section

6 2903(b)(3) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment

7 Act of 1990 (as added by subsection (a)) shall be com8 pleted and take effect not later than 60 days after the

9 date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of De10 fense shall publish a proposed amendment of such criteria

11 in the Federal Register and transmit the proposed amend12 ment to the Congress not later than 30 days after the date

13 of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall provide

14 an opportunity for public comment on the proposed

15 amendment for a period of not less than 15 days and shall

16 include notice of that opportunity in the publication re17 quired under the preceding sentence. The Secretary shall

18 also publish the final amendment in the Federal Register

19 and transmit the final amendment to the Congress when

20 it takes effect.

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