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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1321

To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require

the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment

Commission to consider military installations outside the United States

for closure and realignment in addition to military installations inside

the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 11, 1993

Mr. HORN (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. WELDON, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama,

Mr. DORNAN, and Mr. KIM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act

of 1990 to require the Secretary of Defense and the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to

consider military installations outside the United States

for closure and realignment in addition to military installations inside the United States.

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. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

2 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES FOR CLOSURE

3 AND REALIGNMENT.

4 (a) EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF BASE CLOSURE

5 LAW.—The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act

6 of 1990 (Part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510;

7 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating sections 2910 and 2911 as

9 sections 2911 and 2912, respectively; and

10 (2) by inserting after section 2909 the following

11 new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 2910. CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

13 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

14 ‘‘(a) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMINATION AND

15 REDUCTIONS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE

16 UNITED STATES.—With respect to recommendations

17 made in 1995 for the closure and realignment of military

18 installations under this part, the Secretary and the Com19 mission shall include recommendations for the termination

20 and reduction of military operations carried out by the

21 United States at military installations outside the United

22 States.

23 ‘‘(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—(1) Not later than De24 cember 31, 1993, the Secretary shall publish in the Fed25 eral Register and transmit to the congressional defense

26 committees the criteria proposed to be used by the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense in making recommendations for terminat2 ing and reducing military operations carried out by the

3 United States at military installations outside the United

4 States. The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for

5 public comment on the proposed criteria for a period of

6 at least 30 days and shall include notice of that oppor7 tunity in the publication required under the preceding sen8 tence.

9 ‘‘(2) Not later than February 15, 1994, the Secretary

10 shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the

11 congressional defense committees the final criteria to be

12 used in making recommendations for terminating and re13 ducing military operations carried out by the United

14 States at military installations outside the United States.

15 ‘‘(3) The criteria developed under this subsection,

16 along with the force-structure plan referred to in section

17 2903(a), shall be the final criteria to be used in making

18 recommendations for terminating and reducing military

19 operations carried out by the United States at military

20 installations outside the United States, unless the criteria

21 are—

22 ‘‘(A) disapproved by a joint resolution of Con23 gress enacted on or before March 15, 1994; or

24 ‘‘(B) amended by the Secretary in the manner

25 described in section 2903(b)(2)(B).
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1 ‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECRETARY.—The

2 Secretary shall transmit recommendations to the Commis3 sion for the termination and reduction of military oper4 ations of the United States at specified military installa5 tions outside the United States. The recommendations

6 shall be included in the recommendations transmitted to

7 the Commission with respect to the closure and realign8 ment of military installations inside the United States

9 under section 2903(c).

10 ‘‘(d) REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY COMMIS11 SION.—The Commission shall review the recommendations

12 transmitted by the Secretary under subsection (c). The

13 Commission may make changes in the recommendations

14 made by the Secretary only in the manner provided in sub15 paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 2903(d)(2). The

16 Commission shall include, in its recommendations to the

17 President under section 2903(d), its recommendations for

18 the termination and reduction of military operations of the

19 United States at specified military installations outside

20 the United States.

21 ‘‘(e) REVIEW AND TRANSMITTAL BY THE PRESI22 DENT.—The recommendations transmitted by the Presi23 dent under section 2903(e) shall contain the recommenda24 tions of the Commission for the termination and reduction
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1 of military operations of the United States at specified

2 military installations outside the United States.‘‘.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (b)

4 of section 2901 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to pro6 vide a fair process that will result in the timely closure

7 and realignment of military installations inside and out8 side the United States.’’.

9 (2) Section 2911 of such Act, as redesignated by sub10 section (a)(1), is amended—

11 (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the

12 first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘With re13 spect to military operations carried out by the Unit14 ed States outside the United States, such term in15 cludes the sites and facilities at which such oper16 ations are carried out without regard to whether the

17 sites and facilities are owned by the United States.’’;

18 and

19 (B) by adding at the end the following new

20 paragraph:

21 ‘‘(8) The terms ‘closure’ and ‘realignment’ in22 clude, with respect to military operations carried out

23 by the United States outside the United States, the

24 termination or reduction of such operations.’’.

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