PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1915 "(ii) The Secretary may, in lieu of the transfer of property referred to in subparagraph (A), transfer property similar to such groperty (including property not located at the installation) if the ecretary determines that the transfer of such similar property is in the interest of the United States. "(D) The provisions of section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) shall apply to any transfer of real property under this paragraph. "(E) The Secretary may require any additional terms and conditions in connection with a transfer under this paragraph as such Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.". (c) CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC NEEDS. — In order to maximize lo use 2687 the local and regional benefit from the reutilization and redevelop- "°*® ment of military installations that are closed, or approved for closure, pursuant to the operation of a base closure law, the Secretary of Defense shall consider locally and regionally delineated economic development needs and priorities into the process by which the Secretary disposes of real property and personal property as part of the closure of a military installation under a base closure law. In determining such needs and priorities, the Secretary shall take into account the redevelopment plan developed for the military installation involved. The Secretary shall ensure that the needs of the homeless in the communities affected by the closure of such installations are taken into consideration in the redevelopment plan with respect to such installations. (d) COOPERATION.— The Secretary of Defense shall cooperate lo use 2687 with the State in which a military installation referred to in sub- "°*® section (c) is located, with the redevelopment authority with respect to the installation, and with local governments and other interested persons in communities located near the installation in implementing the entire process of disposal of the real property and personal property at the installation. SEC. 2904. EXPEDITED DETERMINATION OF TRANSFERABILITY OF EXCESS PROPERTY OF INSTALLATIONS TO BE CLOSED. (a) DETERMINATIONS UNDER 1988 ACT. — Section 204(b) of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (title II of Public Law 100-526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2903(a), is further amended by adding after paragraph (4), as so added, the following: "(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall take such actions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that final determinations under subsection (b)(1) regarding whether another department or agency of the Federal Government has identified a use for any portion of a military installation to be closed under this title aft«r the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, or will accept transfer of any portion of such installation, are made not later than 6 months after such date of enactment. "(B) The Secretary may, in consultation with the redevelopment authority with respect to an installation, postpone making the final determinations referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to the installation for such period as the Secretary determines appropriate if the Secretary determines that such postponement
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