fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part 
A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), as added by section 3002 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–
107; 115 Stat. 1344), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2913. FINAL SELECTION CRITERIA FOR 2005 ROUND. 
‘‘(a) FINAL SELECTION CRITERIA.—The final cri-
teria to be used by the Secretary in making recommenda-
tions for the closure or realignment of military installa-
tions inside the United States under this part in 2005 are 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) The current and future mission require-
ments and the impact on operational readiness of 
the total force of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing the impact on joint warfighting, training, readi-
ness, and research, development, test, and evaluation 
of weapons systems and equipment. 
‘‘(2) The availability and condition of land, fa-
cilities, infrastructure, and associated air and water 
space (including preservation of training areas suit-
able for maneuver by ground, naval, or air forces 
throughout a diversity of climate and terrain areas, 
the preservation of testing ranges able to accommo-
date current or future military weapons systems and 
equipment, and the preservation of staging areas for
the use of the Armed Forces in homeland defense 
missions) at both existing and potential receiving lo-
cations. 
‘‘(3) The ability to accommodate contingency, 
mobilization, and future total force requirements at 
both existing and potential receiving locations to 
support operations, training, maintenance, and re-
pair. 
‘‘(4) Preservation of land, air, and water space, 
facilities, and infrastructure necessary to support 
training and operations of military forces determined 
to be surge requirements by the Secretary of De-
fense, as required by section 2822 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 
(Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1726). 
‘‘(5) The extent and timing of potential costs 
and savings of base realignment and closure actions 
on the entire Federal budget, as well as the Depart-
ment of Defense, including the number of years, be-
ginning with the date of completion of the closure or 
realignment, for the savings to exceed the costs. 
Costs shall include those costs related to potential 
environmental restoration, waste management, and 
environmental compliance activities.
‘‘(6) The economic impact on existing commu-
nities in the vicinity of military installations. 
‘‘(7) The ability of the infrastructure of both 
existing and potential receiving communities to sup-
port forces, missions, and personnel, including qual-
ity of living standards for members of the Armed 
Forces and their dependents. 
‘‘(8) The environmental impact on receiving lo-
cations. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY GIVEN TO MILITARY VALUE.—In rec-
ommending military installations for closure or realign-
ment, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to the 
first four criteria specified in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) RELATION
TO OTHER 2005 ROUND MATE-
RIALS.—The final selection criteria specified in subsection 
(a) shall be the only criteria to be used, along with the 
force-structure plan and infrastructure inventory referred 
to in section 2912, in making recommendations for the 
closure or realignment of military installations inside the 
United States under this part in 2005. 
‘‘(d) 
RELATION
TO
CRITERIA
FOR
EARLIER 
ROUNDS.—Section 2903(b), and the selection criteria pre-
pared under such section, shall not apply with respect to 
the process of making recommendations for the closure or 
realignment of military installations in 2005.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 is amended—
(1) in section 2912(c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘cri-
teria prepared under section 2913’’ and inserting 
‘‘criteria specified in section 2913’’; and 
(2) in section 2914(a), by striking ‘‘criteria pre-
pared by the Secretary under section 2913’’ and in-
serting ‘‘criteria specified in section 2913’’.
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