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2804(b), 
2805(b)(2), 
2806(c)(2), 
2807(b), 
2807(c), 
2808(b), 
2809(f)(1), 
2811(d), 
2812(c)(1)(A), 
2813(c), 
2814(a)(2)(A), 
2814(g)(1), 
2825(b)(1), 
2827(b), 
2828(f), 
2837(c)(2), 2853(c)(2), 2854(b), 2854a(c)(1), 
2865(e)(2), 2866(c)(2), 2875(e), 2881a(d)(2), 
2881a(e), 2883(f), and 2884(a). 
(C) Section 2835 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’ means the congressional defense committees 
and, with respect to the Coast Guard, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate.’’. 
(D) Section 2836 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’ means the congressional defense committees 
and, with respect to the Coast Guard, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate.’’.
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(2) Section 2694a of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘appro-
priate committees of Congress’’ and inserting 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’; and 
(B) in subsection (i), by striking para-
graph (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2), 
(3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), re-
spectively. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO DEFINITION
OF 
BASE CLOSURE LAWS.—
(1) Section 2694a(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2). 
(2) Paragraph (1) of section 1333(i) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) BASE CLOSURE LAW.—The term ‘base clo-
sure law’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(a)(17) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(3) Subsection (b) of section 2814 of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1995 (division B of Public Law 103–337; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) BASE CLOSURE LAW DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘base closure law’ has the meaning given
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such term in section 101(a)(17) of title 10, United States 
Code.’’. 
(4) Subsection (c) of section 3341 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘base clo-
sure law’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(a)(17) of title 10.’’. 
(5) Chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended—
(A) in section 554(a)(1), by striking 
‘‘means’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘has 
the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(17) of title 10.’’; and 
(B) in section 572(b)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘section 2667(h)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
101(a)(17) of title 10’’. 
(6) The Act of November 13, 2000, entitled 
‘‘An Act to Amend the Organic Act of Guam, and 
for other purposes’’ (Public Law 106–504, 114 Stat. 
2309) is amended by striking paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 1(c) and inserting the following new paragraph 
(2): 
‘‘(2) The term ‘base closure law’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101(a)(17) of title 10, 
United States Code.’’.