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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-526—OCT. 24, 1988

102 STAT. 2627

(2) Transfer of the obsolete submarine ex-Croaker (ex-SS-246) to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York. TITLE II—CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

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SEC. 201. CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

The Secretary shall— (1) close all military installations recommended for closure by the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure in the report transmitted to the Secretary pursuant to the charter establishing such Commission; (2) realign all military installations recommended for realignment by such Commission in such report; and (3) initiate all such closures and realignments no later than September 30, 1991, and complete all such closures and realignments no later than September 30, 1995, except that no such closure or realignment may be initiated before January 1, 1990. SEC. 202. CONDITIONS

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not carry out any closure or reaJignment of a military installation under this title unless— (1) no later than January 16, 1989, the Secretary transmits to Reports, the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing a statement that the Secretary has approved, and the Department of Defense will implement, all of the military installation closures and realignments recommended by the Commission in the report referred to in section 201(1); (2) the Commission has recommended, in the report referred to in section 201(1), the closure or realignment, as the case may be, of the installation, and has transmitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a copy of such report and the statement required by section 203(b)(2); and (3) the Secretary of Defense has transmitted to the Commission the study required by section 206(b). (b) JOINT RESOLUTION.—The Secretary may not carry out any

closure or realignment under this title if, within the 45-day period beginning on March 1, 1989, a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance with the provisions of section 208, disapproving the recommendations of the Commission. The days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain shall be excluded in the computation of such 45-day period. (c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Secretary

to carry out any closure or realignment under this title shall terminate on October 1, 1995. SEC. 203. THE COMMISSION

(a) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Secretary of Defense. (b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall—