Military Base Closures: Time for Another Round?

Abstract

This report discusses key base closure developments, beginning with the 105th Congress and continuing into the present 107th Congress. The most recent notable development has been the December 28, 2001 signing into law of legislation, initially sponsored by Senator Carl Levin and Senator John McCain, to conduct one new base closure round in 2005. The legislation extends and amends the 1990 base closure and realignment Act which expired after the 1995 round. All action on the 451 installations scheduled to be closed and realigned by the 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995 BRAC commissions was completed by the end of FY2001, as scheduled. Ninety-seven installations were major military bases. According to Department of Defense estimates, these BRAC closures and realignments produced net savings of about $14 billion by the end of FY2001, and annual savings thereafter of about $5.7 billion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA515478

Entities

People

  • David E. Lockwood

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Budgets
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Force Structure
  • House Of Representatives
  • Language
  • Law
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Security

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  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting