House Votes to Delay Base Closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Bill could delay base closure for two years


Associated Press [Sun Herald (MS)]
May 21, 2004

WASHINGTON, Miss. - A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives
on Thursday could shield Mississippi' s military bases from closure or
realignment for at least two years.

Part of the $422.2 billion Defense Authorization Act passed by the House
would prevent the base realignment and closure authority from closing
bases in the next two years. But, the Senate must pass its own version
of the bill first.

The two versions must be approved in a conference committee made up of
members of both chambers before it is sent to President George W. Bush
for his signature.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/8717290.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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