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 105 STAT. 1544 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 PART B—DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REAUGNMENT SEC. 2821. DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ACT OF 1990 AMENDMENTS. (a) APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION.— Section 2902(c)(1) of 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 new subparagraph: "(C) If the President does not transmit to Congress the nominations for appointment to the Commission on or before the date specified for 1993 in clause (ii) of subparagraph (B) or for 1995 in clause (iii) of such subparagraph, the process by which military installations may be selected for closure or realignment under this part with respect to that year shall be terminated.". (b) EMPLOYMENT OF STAFF BY (COMMISSION. —Section 2902(i) of such Act is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) by inserting "(A)" after "(3)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: "(B)(i) Not more than one-fifth of the professional analysts of the Commission staff may be persons detailed from the Department of Defense to the Commission. "(ii) No person detailed from the Department of Defense to the (Commission may be assigned as the lead professional analyst with respect to a military department or defense agency. "(C) A person may not be detailed from the Department of Defense to the (Commission if, within 12 months before the detail is to begin, that person participated personally and substantially in any matter within, the Department of Defense concerning the preparation of recommendations for closures or realignments of military installations. "(D) No member of the Armed Forces, and no officer or employee of the Department of Defense, may— "(i) prepare any report concerning the effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the performance on the staff of the Commission of any person detailed from the Department of Defense to that staff; "(ii) review the preparation of such a report; or "(iii) approve or disapprove such a report."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(6) The following restrictions relating to the personnel of the (Commission shall apply during 1992 and 1994: "(A) There may not be more than 15 persons on the staff at any one time. "(B) The staff may perform only such functions as are necessary to prepare for the transition to new membership on the (Commission in the following year. "(C) No member of the Armed Forces and no employee of the Department of Defense may serve on the staff.". (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST RESTRICTING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMISSION.— Section 2902 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(m) PROHIBITION AGAINST RESTRICTING (COMMUNICATIONS. —Section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, shall apply with respect to communications with the (Commission.".

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