To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of a military department to consider the needs of retired members of the Armed Forces, their dependents, and reservists who are served by a military medical facility whenever the Secretaries consider whether to close the facility or reduce the level of services provided at the facility.

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Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the military department concerned in selecting a military medical facility to be closed or to provide reduced services, to give equal weight to the needs and number of: (1) active duty military personnel who receive treatment at such facility; and (2) members and former members of the armed forces and certain dependents of such members who are eligible for care at the facility under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS). Requires decisions to close or reduce the care provided at each such facility to be made on a case-by-case basis. Directs such Secretaries to reconsider the selection of such facilities made before the enactment of this Act.

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