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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 redevel-
opment areas for purposes of the Public Works and Economic Develop-
ment Act of 1965.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1993
Ms. MOLINARI (for herself, Mr. GALLO, and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Public Works and Trans-
portation
A BILL
To designate military installations selected for closure or
realignment under a base closure law, and the commu-
nities within which such military installations are located,
as enterprise zones for purposes of title VII of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1987 and as
redevelopment areas for purposes of the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
AND CERTAIN COMMUNITIES AS ENTERPRISE
ZONES AND REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION
AS ENTERPRISE ZONES.—Not-
withstanding the designation process specified in section
701 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501), each military installation se-
lected for closure or substantial realignment under a base
closure law shall be designated by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development as an enterprise zone for pur-
poses of title VII of such Act. An enterprise zone des-
ignated under this subsection shall include the local com-
munity within the administrative and political jurisdiction
of which the military installation is located.
(b) DESIGNATION
AS REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.—
Notwithstanding the designation process specified in sec-
tion 401 of the Public Works and Economic Development
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161), each military installation
selected for closure or substantial realignment under a
base closure law shall be designated by the Secretary of
Commerce as a redevelopment area for purposes of such
Act. A redevelopment area designated under this sub-
section shall include the local community within the ad-
ministrative and political jurisdiction of which the military
installation is located.
(c) TIME FOR DESIGNATIONS.—The designations of
a military installation as an enterprise zone under sub-
section (a) and as a redevelopment area under subsection
(b) shall be made not later than 60 days after the date
on which the installation is recommended for closure or
substantial realignment in a base closure report transmit-
ted to the Congress by the President pursuant to section
2903(e) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510;
10 U.S.C. 2687 note), and such report is not disapproved
by the Congress in a joint resolution enacted under section
2908 of such Act. In the case of military installations se-
lected for closure or substantial realignment before the
date of the enactment of this Act, the designations under
subsections (a) and (b) shall be made not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) TREATMENT OF DESIGNATED INSTALLATIONS.—
Enterprise zones designated under subsection (a) shall be
in addition to the 100 enterprise zones authorized to be
designated under section 701(a)(2)(A) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C.
11501(a)(2)(A)).
(e) COURSE OF ACTION.—In the case of an enterprise
zone designated under subsection (a), the course of action
required under section 701(d) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501(d))
for the enterprise zone may be funded from proceeds of
programs administered by the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of Commerce to provide economic adjustment
assistance or community planning assistance in connection
with the closure or realignment of military installations.
(f) REVIEW OF REDEVELOPMENT AREA DESIGNA-
TION.—The designation of a military installation as a re-
development area under subsection (b) shall remain in ef-
fect for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
designation. After such period, the Secretary of Commerce
shall conduct an annual review of such area under section
402 of the Public Works and Economic Development of
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3162) and shall terminate or modify such
designation whenever the area does not satisfy the des-
ignation requirements of section 401 of such Act.
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘base closure law’’ means—
(A) the Defense Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note);
and
(B) title II of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realign-
ment Act (Public Law 100–526; 10 U.S.C.
2687 note).
(2) The term ‘‘substantial realignment’’ means
a reduction in the operation of a military installation
such that 50 percent or more of the personnel as-
signed to or employed at the military installation, in-
cluding civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense and members of the Armed Forces, are reas-
signed or transferred to another military installa-
tion.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF PROPERTY ON
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS DESIGNATED AS
ENTERPRISE ZONES AND REDEVELOPMENT
AREAS.
Section 501(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11411(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case
of a military installation designated as an enterprise zone
for purposes of title VII of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 11501 et seq.) and
as a redevelopment area for purposes of the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121
et seq.), the Secretary may not identify buildings or other
properties located on the military installation as suitable
for use to assist the homeless until such time as (1) the
Secretary certifies to the Congress that the buildings or
other properties are no longer being considered for com-
mercial uses consistent with the designation of the military
installation as an enterprise zone, and (2) the Secretary
of Commerce certifies to the Congress that the buildings
or other properties are no longer being considered for re-
development uses consistent with the designation of the
military installation as a redevelopment area.’’.
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