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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1661 (2) to effectively wage the war on drugs, adequate penal and correctional facilities and a substantial increase in the number and capacity of drug treatment facilities are needed; (3) under the base closure process, authorized by title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Re- alignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 102 Stat. 2627), 86 military bases are scheduled for closure; and (4) facilities rendered excess by the base closure process should be seriously considered for use as prisons and drug treatment facilities, as appropriate. 0)) SENSE OF CONGRESS. — It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should, pursuant to the provisions of title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Re- alignment Act, give priority to making real property (including the improvements thereon) of the Department of Defense rendered excess or surplus as a result of the recommendations of the Commis- sion on Base Realignment and Closure available to another Federal agency or a State or local government for use as a penal or correc- tional facility or as a drug abuse prevention, treatment, or re- habilitation center. SEC. 2833. NOTICE TO LOCAL AND STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES OF 10 USC 2687 ENROLLMENT CHANGES DUE TO BASE CLOSURES AND note. REALIGNMENTS (a) IDENTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT CHANGES.— (1) Not later than January 1 of each year in which any activities necessary to close or realign a military installation under title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 102 Stat. 2627) are conducted, the Secretary of Defense shall identify, to the extent practicable, each local edu- cational agency that will experience at least a 5-percent increase or at least a 10-percent reduction in the number of dependent children of members of the Armed Forces and of civilian employees of the Department of Defense enrolled in schools under the jurisdiction of such agency during the next academic year (compared with the number of such children enrolled in such schools during the preced- ing year) as a result of the closure or realignment of a military installation under that Act. (2) The Secretary shall carry out this subsection in consultation with the Secretary of Education. (b) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense identifies a local educational agency under subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit a written notice of the schedule for the closure or realignment of the military installa- tion affecting that local educational agency to that local educational agency and to the State government education agency responsible for administering State government education programs involving that local educational agency. SEC. 2834. REPORT (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than November 15, 1989, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Sec- retary of Defense and the (Dommittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the methodol- ogy, findings, and recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure.

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