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HAMDT 821 (100th)

An amendment to provide that the commission's base closing recommendations would automatically be implemented unless both Houses of Congress disapprove the recommendations under expedited procedures after the President submits such a list, rather than allowing for the bill's requirement that both Houses approve the recommendations before they could be implemented; to eliminate the requirement that overseas bases, as well as domestic facilities be considered for closure; to eliminate the requirement that an environmental restoration plan be submitted for each base on the closure list; to eliminate the requirement that savings resulting from closure must exceed costs within six years; and, to eliminate the requirement that the commission conduct public hearings on the proposed list during December 1988. Finally, the amendment authorizes $300 million a year for the Base Closure Account, instead of the bill's transfer of the same amount from other Defense Department accounts to the closure account.

Defence