To modify notice requirements in advance of permanent reductions of sizeable numbers of members of the Armed Forces at military installations.

1. Adds SEC. 2705. MODIFICATION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN ADVANCE OF PERMANENT REDUCTION OF SIZABLE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS on page 543, between lines 2 and 3

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   Inserted: SEC. 2705. MODIFICATION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN ADVANCE OF PERMANENT REDUCTION OF SIZABLE NUMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

   Inserted: (a) Calculation of Number of Affected Members.--Subsection (a) of section 993 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "In calculating the number of members to be reduced, the Secretary shall take into consideration both direct reductions and indirect reductions.".

   Inserted: (b) Notice Requirements.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting the following new paragraphs:

   Inserted: "(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned--

   Inserted: "(A) submits to Congress a notice of the proposed reduction and the number of military and civilian personnel assignments affected, including reductions in base operations support services and personnel to occur because of the proposed reduction; and

   Inserted: "(B) includes in the notice a justification for the reduction and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the reduction and of the local economic, environmental, strategic, and operational consequences of the reduction; and

   Inserted: "(2) a period of 90 days expires following the day on which the notice is submitted to Congress.".

   Inserted: (c) Definitions.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: "(1) The term 'direct reduction' means a reduction involving one or more members of a unit.

   Inserted: "(2) The term 'indirect reduction' means subsequent planned reductions or relocations in base operations support services and personnel able to occur due to the direct reductions.

   Inserted: "(3) The term 'military installation' means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Guam. Such term does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects.

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   Inserted: "(4) The term 'unit' means a unit of the armed forces at the battalion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher level).".

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   On page 543, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

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