,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #acb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1  
#bjac ,mr4 ,begich 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,tester1 and ,mr4 ,baucus7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services  ,,resolution  ,expressing the
 sense of the ,senate that the          
,department of ,defense request for     
domestic ,base ,realignment and ,closure
 authority in #bjae and #bjag is neither
 affordable nor feasible as of the date 
of agreement to this resolution and that
 the ,department of ,defense must       
further analyze the capability to       
consolidate excess overseas             
infrastructure and increase efficiencies
 by relocating missions from overseas to
 domestic installations prior to        
requesting domestic ,base ,realignment  
and ,closure authority4  ,whereas the   
,department of ,defense claims a        
#bd-percent surplus in domestic military
 infrastructure and has requested       

domestic ,base ,realignment and ,closure
 7,,brac7 rounds in #bjae and #bjag2    
,whereas ,congress rejected a request   
for #b ,,brac rounds made by the        
,department of ,defense in fiscal year  
#bjac2 ,whereas the ,senate ,armed      
,services ,committee noted in title     
,,xxiv of ,senate ,report #aab-agc to   
accompany ,s4 #cbed of the #aabth       
,congress1 that a request by the        
,department of ,defense for authority to
 conduct a domestic ,,brac round must be
 preceded by a comprehensive evaluation 
of opportunities to obtain efficiencies 
through the consolidation of the        
overseas operations of defense agencies 
and possible relocation back to the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,base     
,structure ,report for fiscal year #bjab
 of the ,office of the ,deputy ,under   
,secretary of ,defense1 ,installations  
and ,environment1 found that the        
,department of ,defense has #fff        
military sites in foreign countries1    
including #bcb in ,germany1 #aji in     

,japan1 and #he in ,south ,korea2       
,whereas the ,united ,states has        
developed an increased capacity to      
rapidly deploy around the globe1 thereby
 reducing the strategic value of an     
overseas footprint based largely on     
,cold ,war geopolitics and an obsolete  
,national ,security ,strategy2 ,whereas 
the ,government ,accountability ,office 
concluded in a #bjjg study that the     
#bjje ,,brac round was the most complex 
and costliest ever2 ,whereas the        
,government ,accountability ,office     
found in a #bjab report entitled        
,military ,base ,realignments and       
,closures3 ,updated ,costs and ,savings 
,estimates from ,,brac #bjje that the   
#bjje ,,brac round far exceeded         
estimated implementation costs1 growing 
from #ba1jjj1jjj1jjj to #ce1ajj1jjj1jjj1
 a #fg-percent increase2 ,whereas the   
,government ,accountability ,office     
found in the #bjab report that the      
estimated #bj-year savings for the #bjje
 ,,brac round decreased by #gb percent  

from #ce1fjj1jjj1jjj to #i1ijj1jjj1jjj2 
,whereas the ,government ,accountability
 ,office estimates that it will take    
until #bjag for the ,department of      
,defense to recoup upfront              
implementation costs of ,,brac #bjje1 #d
 years longer than the ,,brac           
,commission estimates and #ab years     
after the date of execution and initial 
investment2 ,whereas the ,department of 
,defense would spend #b1djj1jjj1jjj in a
 time of fiscal austerity to execute the
 proposed ,,brac round in #bjae2        
,whereas the financial crisis in the    
,united ,states continues to challenge  
local economies and a ,,brac round would
 create more uncertainty and economic   
hardship for impacted communities still 
in the recovery process2 ,whereas       
,federal budget uncertainty and the     
fiscal challenges a domestic ,,brac     
round would bring to communities renders
 the significant #b1djj1jjj1jjj in      
up-front costs neither affordable nor   
feasible as of the date of agreement to 

this resolution2 and ,whereas the lack  
of potential return on the significant  
investment required for a ,,brac round  
may result in an inefficient use of     
taxpayer funds3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  
,that it is the sense of the ,senate    
that--  7#a7 as of the date of agreement
 to this resolution1 the ,department of 
,defense should not be granted authority
 for the requested #bjae and #bjag ,base
 ,realignment and ,closure rounds2  7#b7
 before granting the authority for the  
requested #bjae and #bjag ,,brac rounds1
 the ,department of ,defense should     
achieve economic efficiencies by--  7,a7
 closing and consolidating excess       
infrastructure and facilities in        
overseas locations2 and  7,b7           
reexamining relocation opportunities of 
overseas missions to ,united ,states    
military installations2 and  7#c7 the   
,department of ,defense is unwise to    
request a ,,brac round when the economy 
of the ,united ,states is struggling to 
recover and negatively impacted         

communities are fighting to put citizens
 back to work4