Base Closing Vote Coming in U.S. Senate
Thursday, September 07, 2017
A bipartisan expedited base closing process backed by the Defense Department could come to a vote in the Senate during consideration of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
The proposal from Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., is different than the base closing and realignment process used six times between 1988 and 2005 to reduce military infrastructure. This time, there would be no independent commission to make recommendations on what stays or goes. The McCain-Reed plan is simpler, with the Defense Department compiling a list of excess bases that would be reviewed by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative and auditing arm of Congress. If GAO approves, the list would be sent to the White House for certification and passed to Congress where the complete list would come to a vote after a 60-day period for public comments.
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