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 115 STAT. 1346 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 Federal Register, publication. Deadline. Deadline. "SEC. 2914. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REALIGNMENTS AND CLOSURES FOR 2005 ROUND; COMMISSION CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS. " (a) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CLOSURE OR REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.— If the Secretary mgikes the certifications required under section 2912(b), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and transmit to the congressional defense committees and the Commission, not later than May 16, 2005, a list of the military installations inside the United States that the Secretary recommends for closure or realignment on the basis of the force-structure plan and infrastructure inventory prepared by the Secretary under section 2912 and the final selection criteria prepared by the Secretary under section 2913. "(b) PREPARATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall comply with paragraphs (2) through (6) of section 2903(c) in prepgiring and transmitting the recommendations under this section. However, paragraph (6) of section 2903(c) relating to submission of information to Congress shall be deemed to require such submission within 48 hours. "(2) CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT VIEWS. —(A) In making recommendations to the Commission in 2005, the Secretary shall consider any notice received from a local government in the vicinity of a military installation that the government would approve of the closure or realignment of the installation. "(B) Notwithstanding the requirement in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make the recommendations referred to in that subparagraph based on the force-structure plan, infrastructure inventory, and final selection criteria otherwise applicable to such recommendations. "(C) The recommendations shall include a statement of the result of the consideration of any notice described in subparagraph (A) that is received with respect to a military installation covered by such recommendations. The statement shall set forth the reasons for the result. " (c) RECOMMENDATIONS TO RETAIN BASES IN INACTIVE STATUS.— In making recommendations for the closure or resdignment of military installations, the Secretary may recommend that an installation be placed in an inactive status if the Secretary determines that— "(1) the installation may be needed in the future for national security purposes; or "(2) retention of the installation is otherwise in the interest of the United States. " (d) COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in this subsection, section 2903(d) shall apply to the consideration by the Commission of the recommendations transmitted by the Secretary in 2005. The Commission's report containing its findings and conclusions, based on a review gmd analysis of the Secretary's recommendations, shall be transmitted to the President not later than September 8, 2005. "(2) AVAILABILITY OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS. — After September 8, 2005, the Commission shall promptly provide, upon request, to any Member of Congress information used by the Commission in making its recommendations.

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