Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 1.djvu/1417

 PUBLIC LAW 94-431—SEPT. 30, 1976

90 STAT. 1367

(B) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned complies with all terms, conditions and requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act; and 42 USC 4321 then note. (C) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military Final decision, department concerned submits to the Committees on Armed Serv- submittal to congressional ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate his final deci- committees. sion to close or significantly reduce such installation and a detailed justification for his decision, together with the estimated fiscal, local economic, budgetary, environmental, strategic, and operational consequences of the proposed closure or reduction; and then (D) a period of at least sixty days expires following the date on which the justification referred to in clause (C) has been submitted to such committees, during which period the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned may take no irrevocable action to implement the decision. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "military installation" "Military means any camp, post, station, base, yard, or other facility under the installation. authority of the Department of Defense— (1) which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or Guam; and (2) at which not less than five hundred civilian personnel are authorized to be employed. (c) For purposes of this section, the term "civilian personnel" means "Civilian direct-hire permanent civilian employees of the Department of personnel." Defense. (d) This section shall not apply to any closure or reduction if the President certifies to Congress that such closure or reduction must be implemented for reasons of any military emergency or national security or if such closure or reduction was publicly announced prior to January 1, 1976. NAVAL M U S E U M, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

SEC. 613. The Congress hereby expresses its approval and encouragement with respect to the establishment, by the State of South Carolina, of a naval and maritime museum in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, and recognizes the historical importance of such museum and the patriotic purpose it is intended to serve. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 1 0, UNITED STATES CODE; REAL PROPERTY EXCHANGE

SEC. 614. Section 2662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "The report required by this subsection to be submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives concerning any report of excess real property described in clause (5) shall contain a certification by the Secretary concerned that he has considered the feasibility of exchanging such property for other real property authorized to be acquired for military purposes and has determined that the property proposed to be declared excess is not suitable for such purpose.". SHORT TITLE

SEC. 615. Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of this Act may be cited as the "Military Construction Authorization Act, 1977".

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