2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission

<p>The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">United States Department of Defense</a> on May 13, 2005.  It was the fifth <a href="/facts/Base_Realignment_and_Closure/4nWLJFg7">Base Realignment and Closure</a> ("BRAC") proposal generated since the process was created in 1988.  It recommended closing 22 major <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> <a href="/facts/Military_base/uzTGn8ul">military bases</a> and the "realignment" (either enlarging or shrinking) of 33 others. On September 15, 2005,  President <a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">George W. Bush</a> approved the BRAC Commission's recommendations, leaving the fate of the bases in question to the <a href="/facts/Congress_of_the_United_States/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a>.  Congress had a maximum of 45 days to reject the proposal by passing a joint resolution of disapproval, or the recommendations automatically enter into effect. Such a resolution (H.J.Res. 65) was introduced to the House of Representatives on September 23, 2005, by Rep. <a href="/facts/Ray_LaHood/a6hCnsG1">Ray LaHood</a> (R-IL) (no such resolution was introduced in the Senate). The House took up debate of the resolution on October 26, 2005. The resolution failed to pass by a 324–85 margin, thereby enacting the list of recommendations. The <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense/K3ygWDbv">Secretary of Defense</a> was required to begin implementing the recommendations by September 15, 2007, and to complete implementation no later than September 15, 2011.
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2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission