‘‘(A) the baseline estimate of one-time im-
plementation costs; and 
‘‘(B) the current estimate of one-time im-
plementation costs, including any increase at-
tributable to actual or anticipated costs due to 
inflation. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO ADDRESS 
CERTAIN COST INCREASES.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—In the 
event that the Secretary of Defense determines, 
based on a report prepared under subsection (a), 
that the current estimate of one-time implementa-
tion costs for an individual major base closure or re-
alignment is at least 25 percent greater than the 
baseline estimate of one-time implementation costs 
for such closure or realignment (in this section re-
ferred to as a ‘substantially over budget major base 
closure or realignment’), the Secretary shall prompt-
ly provide notification of such determination, includ-
ing the amount of the expected increase and the 
date the determination was made, to the chairman 
and ranking member of each of the congressional de-
fense committees. 
‘‘(2) BUSINESS
PLAN
TO
CONTROL
COSTS.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall develop a business 
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plan to reduce the costs of any individual substan-
tially over budget major base closure or realignment 
to a level less than 25 percent greater than the base-
line estimate for such closure or realignment. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION
OF SUBSTANTIALLY OVER 
BUDGET MAJOR BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 45 
days after an individual base closure or realignment 
is identified in a report required under subsection 
(a) as a substantially over budget major base closure 
or realignment, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the President a recommendation regarding 
whether to continue implementation of such closure 
or realignment. 
‘‘(2) JUSTIFICATION REQUIRED.—In the event 
the Secretary recommends that an individual sub-
stantially over budget major base closure or realign-
ment should continue to be implemented despite the 
excessive cost overruns, the Secretary shall include 
the justification for continuing such closure or re-
alignment. 
‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after receiving a recommendation regarding 
whether to continue implementation of an individual 
substantially over budget major base closure or re-
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alignment under paragraph (1), the President shall 
submit to Congress a report including the rec-
ommendation of the President regarding the imple-
mentation of such closure or realignment. 
‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De-
fense may not continue or discontinue the im-
plementation of an individual substantially over 
budget major base closure or realignment rec-
ommended by the President under paragraph 
(3) if a joint resolution is enacted, in accord-
ance with the provisions of subsection (d), dis-
approving such recommendation of the Presi-
dent before the earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the end of the 45-day period be-
ginning on the date on which the President 
submits to Congress a report under para-
graph (3) that includes a recommendation 
regarding the implementation of an indi-
vidual substantially over budget major base 
closure or realignment; or 
‘‘(ii) the adjournment of Congress 
sine die for the session during which such 
report is submitted. 
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‘‘(B) COMPUTATION OF PERIOD.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph 
and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), 
the days on which either House of Congress is 
not in session because of an adjournment of 
more than three days to a day certain shall be 
excluded in the computation of a period. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL
CONSIDERATION
OF
REC-
OMMENDATION REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUB-
STANTIALLY OVER BUDGET MAJOR BASE CLOSURES OR 
REALIGNMENT.— 
‘‘(1) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For pur-
poses of subsection (c)(4), the term ‘joint resolution’ 
means only a joint resolution which is introduced 
within the 10-day period beginning on the date on 
which the President submits to Congress a report 
under subsection (c)(3) that includes a recommenda-
tion regarding the implementation of a substantially 
over budget major base closure or realignment, 
and— 
‘‘(A) which does not have a preamble; 
‘‘(B) the matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘That Congress dis-
approves the recommendation of the President 
on 
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with 
respect 
to 
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llllll’, the blank spaces being filled in 
with the appropriate date and the name of a 
military installation or other information that 
identifies the individual closure or realignment, 
respectively; and 
‘‘(C) the title of which is as follows: ‘Joint 
resolution disapproving the recommendation of 
the President regarding implementation of a 
substantially over budget major base closure or 
realignment.’. 
‘‘(2) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in 
paragraph (1) that is introduced in the House of 
Representatives shall be referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
A resolution described in paragraph (1) introduced 
in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a 
resolution described in paragraph (1) is referred has 
not reported such resolution (or an identical resolu-
tion) by the end of the 20-day period beginning on 
the date on which the President submits to Congress 
a report under subsection (c)(3) that includes a rec-
ommendation regarding the implementation of a 
substantially over budget major base closure or re-
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alignment, such committee shall be, at the end of 
such period, discharged from further consideration 
of such resolution, and such resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar of the House in-
volved. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after the third 
day after the date on which the committee to 
which such a resolution is referred has re-
ported, or has been discharged (under para-
graph (3)) from further consideration of, such 
a resolution, it is in order (even though a pre-
vious motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution. A Member may make the mo-
tion only on the day after the calendar day on 
which the Member announces to the House con-
cerned the Member’s intention to make the mo-
tion, except that, in the case of the House of 
Representatives, the motion may be made with-
out such prior announcement if the motion is 
made by direction of the committee to which 
the resolution was referred. All points of order 
against the resolution (and against consider-
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ation of the resolution) are waived. The motion 
is highly privileged in the House of Representa-
tives and is privileged in the Senate and is not 
debatable. The motion is not subject to amend-
ment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. A motion to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, 
the respective House shall immediately proceed 
to consideration of the joint resolution without 
intervening motion, order, or other business, 
and the resolution shall remain the unfinished 
business of the respective House until disposed 
of. 
‘‘(B) DEBATE.—Debate on the resolution, 
and on all debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
more than 2 hours, which shall be divided 
equally between those favoring and those oppos-
ing the resolution. An amendment to the resolu-
tion is not in order. A motion further to limit 
debate is in order and not debatable. A motion 
to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the con-
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but applicable only with respect to the proce-
dure to be followed in that House in the case 
of a resolution described in paragraph (1), and 
it supersedes other rules only to the extent that 
it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) MAJOR
BASE
CLOSURE
OR
REALIGN-
MENT.—The term ‘major base closure and realign-
ment’ means any base closure or realignment that 
requires $150,000,000 or more in military construc-
tion costs and an overall, one-time implementation 
cost of $300,000,000 or more. 
‘‘(2) BASELINE ESTIMATE OF ONE-TIME IMPLE-
MENTATION COSTS.—The term ‘baseline estimate of 
one-time implementation costs’ means the applicable 
cost set forth in the Cost of Base Realignment Ac-
tions (COBRA) report used and released by the Sec-
retary of Defense at the time the Secretary pub-
lished in the Federal Register and transmitted to the 
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congressional defense committees and the Commis-
sion the initial list of recommendations for closure or 
realignment of military installations under section 
2914(a).’’. 
Æ 
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