Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Military Base Closures : Implementing the 2005 Round Updated May 9, 2005

By Lockwood, David E.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Military Base Closures : Implementing the 2005 Round Updated May 9, 2005
Author:	Lockwood, David E.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago E. Lockwoo, B. D. (n.d.). Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Military Base Closures : Implementing the 2005 Round Updated May 9, 2005. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Summary: On November 15, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced the first steps in implementing the new 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) law. These included development of a force structure plan, comprehensive inventory of military installations, and establishment of criteria for selecting bases for closure and realignment. The Secretary of Defense submitted a report to Congress on March 23, 2004, confirming the need for a further BRAC round and certifying that an additional round of closures and realignments would result in annual net savings, over a period ending no later than FY2011.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Early Requirements and Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Force Structure Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Comprehensive Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Military Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BRAC Developments: 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 BRAC Developments: 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DOD Implements Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DOD Sends Report to Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Congress Considers BRAC Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Community Concerns about BRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Local Efforts to Prevent Closures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Addressing the Encroachment Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 U.S. Overseas Basing Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BRAC Developments: 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The 2005 BRAC Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Debate On Status of the National Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 DOD Lowers Estimate of Excess Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Effort Made to Block Nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Base Closure Commission Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The 2005 BRAC Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 List of Tables Table 1. The 2005 BRAC Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19