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 PUBLIC LAW 95-82—AUG. 1, 1977

91 STAT. 379

BASE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENTS

SEC. 612. (a) Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 504 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 10 USC 2687. ''§ 2687. Base closures and realignments "(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action may be taken to effect or implement— "(1) the closure of any military installation; "(2) any realignment with respect to any military installation involving a reduction by more than one thousand, or by more than 50 percent, in the number of civilian personnel authorized to be employed at such military installation at the time the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Congress under subsection (b)(1) that such installation is a candidate for closure or realignment; or " (3) any construction, conversion, or rehabilitation at any military facility other than a military installation referred to in clause (1) or (2) (regardless of whether such facility is a military installation as defined in subsection (d)) which will or may be required as a result of the relocation of civilian personnel to such facility by reason of any closure or realignment to which clause (1) or (2) applies, unless and until the provisions of subsection (b) are complied with. "(b) No action described in subsection (a) with respect to the closure of, or a realignment with respect to, any military installation may be taken unless and until— "(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military Public notice. department concerned publicly announces, and notifies the Notification to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of congressional Representatives in writing;, that such military installation is a can- committees. didate for closure or realignment; "(2) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to the 42 USC 4321 proposed closure or realignment; note. "(3) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military Decision, department concerned submits to the Committees on Armed Serv- submittal to ices of the Senate and House of Representatives his final decision congressional to carry out the proposed closure or realignment and a detailed committees. justification for such decision, including statements of the estimated fiscal, local economic, budgetary, environmental, strategic, and operational consequences of the proposed closure or realignment; and "(4) a period of sixty days expires following the date on which the justification referred to in clause (3) has been submitted to such committees, during which period no irrevocable action may be taken to effect or implement the decision. " (c) This section shall not apply to the closure of a military instal- eertification to lation, or a realignment with respect to a military installation, if the Congress. President certifies to the Congress that such closure or realignment must be implemented for reasons of national security or a military emergency. "(d) As used in this section: "(1) 'Military installation' means any camp, post, station, base, Definitions. yard, or other facility under the authority of the Department of Defense— "(A) which is located within any of the several States,

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