2005 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 6 May 2005 03:59:00 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Reuse policy requirement in Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
 
Reportedly at the insistence of Sen. John Warner, Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the emergency supplemental appropriations bill - in the news for many other reasons - contains a provision on military base closure. The following language is from the conference report for HR 1268, "House Report 109-072 - MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2005, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

Hopefully this legislative mandate will force the Defense Department to develop and disseminate by mid-summer a unified, coherent, comprehensive policy on base reuse and not simply collect and reprint existing brochures and fact sheets. Such a policy is not only important as a guide to communities facing base closures, but it should also serve as a baseline for Congress to review in considering ways to modify and fund programs for cleanup, transfer, and reuse. - LS

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RE-USE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF CLOSED OR REALIGNED MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

SEC. 1036. (a) In order to assist communities with preparations for the results of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and consistent with assistance provided to communities by the Department of Defense in previous rounds of base closure and realignment, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than July 15, 2005, submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the processes and policies of the Federal Government for disposal of property at military installations proposed to be closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of base closure and realignment, and the assistance available to affected local communities for re-use and redevelopment decisions.

(b) The report under subsection (a) shall include--

(1) a description of the processes of the Federal Government for disposal of property at military installations proposed to be closed or realigned;

(2) a description of Federal Government policies for providing re-use and redevelopment assistance;

(3) a catalogue of community assistance programs that are provided by the Federal Government related to the re-use and redevelopment of closed or realigned military installations;

(4) a description of the services, policies, and resources of the Department of Defense that are available to assist communities affected by the closing or realignment of military installations as a result of the 2005 round of base closure and realignment;

(5) guidance to local communities on the establishment of local redevelopment authorities and the implementation of a base redevelopment plan; and

(6) a description of the policies and responsibilities of the Department of Defense related to environmental clean-up and restoration of property disposed by the Federal Government.



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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