BRAC Budget for 2005

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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I finally got around to looking up the proposed Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC) Appropriation in the Fiscal Year 2005 Military
Construction Appropriation Bills. Both House of Congress have passed
language setting aside $246,100,000, the President's request, for
activities, primarily environmental cleanup, in support of previous BRAC
rounds. This is down from $370,427,000, but the Navy requested no money
this year because it anticipates $115,000,000 in land sales revenue.

Historically, Congress has appropriated a net total of $22,707,132,000
for BRAC from 1990 to 2004. $8,405,146,000 has been spent on
environmental restoration activities. In recent years, most of the BRAC
budget has been spent on environmental projects - since activities
related to relocation have been complete for some time now.

The declining requests for money are in line with Congressional
expectations that the BRAC cleanup program is winding down, but evidence
from the field suggests otherwise. The discovery of new pathways and
contaminants may drive expenditures up again.

The Conference Committee won't meet until Congress reconvenes after
Labor Day, but it's unlikely that the numbers will change.


Lenny
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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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