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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1294

To designate military installations selected for closure or realignment under

a base closure law, and the communities within which such military

installations are located, as enterprise zones for purposes of title VII

of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 and as redevelopment areas for purposes of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 1993

Ms. MOLINARI (for herself, Mr. GALLO, and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Public Works and Transportation

A BILL

To designate military installations selected for closure or

realignment under a base closure law, and the communities within which such military installations are located,

as enterprise zones for purposes of title VII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 and as

redevelopment areas for purposes of the Public Works

and Economic Development Act of 1965.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

2 AND CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AS ENTERPRISE

3 ZONES AND REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.

4 (a) DESIGNATION AS ENTERPRISE ZONES.—Not5 withstanding the designation process specified in section

6 701 of the Housing and Community Development Act of

7 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501), each military installation se8 lected for closure or substantial realignment under a base

9 closure law shall be designated by the Secretary of Hous10 ing and Urban Development as an enterprise zone for pur11 poses of title VII of such Act. An enterprise zone des12 ignated under this subsection shall include the local com13 munity within the administrative and political jurisdiction

14 of which the military installation is located.

15 (b) DESIGNATION AS REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.—

16 Notwithstanding the designation process specified in sec17 tion 401 of the Public Works and Economic Development

18 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161), each military installation

19 selected for closure or substantial realignment under a

20 base closure law shall be designated by the Secretary of

21 Commerce as a redevelopment area for purposes of such

22 Act. A redevelopment area designated under this sub23 section shall include the local community within the ad24 ministrative and political jurisdiction of which the military

25 installation is located.
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1 (c) TIME FOR DESIGNATIONS.—The designations of

2 a military installation as an enterprise zone under sub3 section (a) and as a redevelopment area under subsection

4 (b) shall be made not later than 60 days after the date

5 on which the installation is recommended for closure or

6 substantial realignment in a base closure report transmit7 ted to the Congress by the President pursuant to section

8 2903(e) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act

9 of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510;

10 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), and such report is not disapproved

11 by the Congress in a joint resolution enacted under section

12 2908 of such Act. In the case of military installations se13 lected for closure or substantial realignment before the

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the designations under

15 subsections (a) and (b) shall be made not later than 60

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

17 (d) TREATMENT OF DESIGNATED INSTALLATIONS.—

18 Enterprise zones designated under subsection (a) shall be

19 in addition to the 100 enterprise zones authorized to be

20 designated under section 701(a)(2)(A) of the Housing and

21 Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.

22 11501(a)(2)(A)).

23 (e) COURSE OF ACTION.—In the case of an enterprise

24 zone designated under subsection (a), the course of action

25 required under section 701(d) of the Housing and Com-
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1 munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501(d))

2 for the enterprise zone may be funded from proceeds of

3 programs administered by the Secretary of Defense or the

4 Secretary of Commerce to provide economic adjustment

5 assistance or community planning assistance in connection

6 with the closure or realignment of military installations.

7 (f) REVIEW OF REDEVELOPMENT AREA DESIGNA8 TION.—The designation of a military installation as a re9 development area under subsection (b) shall remain in ef10 fect for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the

11 designation. After such period, the Secretary of Commerce

12 shall conduct an annual review of such area under section

13 402 of the Public Works and Economic Development of

14 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3162) and shall terminate or modify such

15 designation whenever the area does not satisfy the des16 ignation requirements of section 401 of such Act.

17 (g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

18 (1) The term ‘‘base closure law’’ means—

19 (A) the Defense Base Closure and Realign20 ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of

21 Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);

22 and

23 (B) title II of the Defense Authorization

24 Amendments and Base Closure and Realign-
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1 ment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C.

2 2687 note).

3 (2) The term ‘‘substantial realignment’’ means

4 a reduction in the operation of a military installation

5 such that 50 percent or more of the personnel as6 signed to or employed at the military installation, in7 cluding civilian employees of the Department of De8 fense and members of the Armed Forces, are reas9 signed or transferred to another military installa10 tion.

11 SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF PROPERTY ON

12 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNATED AS

13 ENTERPRISE ZONES AND REDEVELOPMENT

14 AREAS.

15 Section 501(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(a)) is amended by add17 ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case

18 of a military installation designated as an enterprise zone

19 for purposes of title VII of the Housing and Community

20 Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501 et seq.) and

21 as a redevelopment area for purposes of the Public Works

22 and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121

23 et seq.), the Secretary may not identify buildings or other

24 properties located on the military installation as suitable

25 for use to assist the homeless until such time as (1) the
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1 Secretary certifies to the Congress that the buildings or

2 other properties are no longer being considered for com3 mercial uses consistent with the designation of the military

4 installation as an enterprise zone, and (2) the Secretary

5 of Commerce certifies to the Congress that the buildings

6 or other properties are no longer being considered for re7 development uses consistent with the designation of the

8 military installation as a redevelopment area.’’.

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