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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2427 
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2005 
Ms. HERSETH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and 
realignment. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE 
BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT. 
(a) POSTPONEMENT.—Effective May 13, 2005, 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) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 2915. POSTPONEMENT OF 2005 ROUND OF DEFENSE 
BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this part, the round of defense base closure and 
realignment otherwise scheduled to occur under this part 
in 2005 by reasons of sections 2912, 2913, and 2914 shall 
occur instead in the year following the year in which the 
last of the actions described in subsection (b) occurs (in 
this section referred to as the ‘postponed closure round 
year’). 
‘‘(b) ACTIONS REQUIRED BEFORE BASE CLOSURE 
ROUND.—(1) The actions referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following actions: 
‘‘(A) The complete analysis, consideration, and, 
where appropriate, implementation by the Secretary 
of Defense of the recommendations of the Commis-
sion on Review of Overseas Military Facility Struc-
ture of the United States. 
‘‘(B) The return from deployment in the Iraq 
theater of operations of substantially all (as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense) major combat 
units and assets of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(C) The receipt by the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives of the report on the quadrennial defense review 
required to be submitted in 2006 by the Secretary
of Defense under section 118(d) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(D) The complete development and implemen-
tation by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Se-
curity Strategy. 
‘‘(E) The complete development and implemen-
tation by the Secretary of Defense of the Homeland 
Defense and Civil Support directive. 
‘‘(F) The receipt by the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives of a report submitted by the Secretary of De-
fense that assesses military installation needs taking 
into account— 
‘‘(i) relevant factors identified through the 
recommendations of the Commission on Review 
of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 
United States; 
‘‘(ii) the return of the major combat units 
and assets described in subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(iii) relevant factors identified in the re-
port on the 2005 quadrennial defense review; 
‘‘(iv) the National Maritime Security 
Strategy; and
‘‘(v) the Homeland Defense and Civil Sup-
port directive. 
‘‘(2) The report required under subparagraph (F) of 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than one year 
after the occurrence of the last action described in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E) of such paragraph. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—For purposes of sections 
2912, 2913, and 2914, each date in a year that is specified 
in such sections shall be deemed to be the same date in 
the postponed closure round year, and each reference to 
a fiscal year in such sections shall be deemed to be a ref-
erence to the fiscal year that is the number of years after 
the original fiscal year that is equal to the number of years 
that the postponed closure round year is after 2005.’’. 
(b) INEFFECTIVENESS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 
2005 ROUND
OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE
AND RE-
ALIGNMENT.—Effective May 13, 2005, the list of military 
installations recommended for closure that the Secretary 
of Defense submitted pursuant to section 2914(a) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 shall 
have no further force and effect. 
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