The committee notes that, although the Department of Defense did not request authorization to conduct a BRAC round in the request for fiscal year 2022, the Department continues to focus its efforts on studying facility optimization. In BRAC rounds I-IV, EPA assists in the transfer of both BRAC and National Priorities List (NPL) sites, also known as Superfund Sites. This was driven in part by environmental restoration costs, which could not be fully captured in initial estimates. The CIP is available on the Navy's website. GAO has previously reported that it can be difficult to accurately predict total costs for environmental restoration without completing investigations into levels of contamination in accordance with land reuse plans. Abbreviation is mostly used in categories: Military Base Closure Realignment Business. And since 2005, when the last major BRAC round occurred, Congress has kept a lid on further reductions. To date, DoD and Congress have implemented five Base Realignment and Closure BRAC rounds: 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 2005. Wildfires and drought have dogged defense facilities across California, and melting permafrost is racking up significant bills in Alaska. aHd(VZYis-wZ""ez%^XrTWZ!=+%Q&%pjJ>qf 2dSf:-f}?jpR~$omg/"zpVLymV>Oen[ lsly'~|{:qo[i~T]e9}sS]?5hHv&k#v\*|92;*9:qO'yn(jal>~EFb %wBWyl9o>QP1ZE7_}Ls6a_(8q:O3Lj,f\[9$z=WDcWJ0WF0 $ Rating: 2. Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) - RDN. endstream endobj 26 0 obj <>stream Published: Sep 28, 2022. DOD's 2019 BRAC report identifies what it calls end dates for each BRAC round; however, these dates are based on when DOD will complete proposed cleanup actions, not on when sites are closed out and no additional funds will be needed. L. No. From 1989 through 1995, RDN prepared a series of socio-economic assessments for Base Reuse and Closure candidate installations throughout the United States: including over one dozen Air Force installations and a consortium of communities impacted by closure of Marine Corps bases in Orange County, CA. April 2022 13 Base Realignment and Closure Detail Galena Forward Operating Location (FOL), Alaska. BRAC stands . Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. - NBC News, State of the Marine Corps 2023 - Defense One, Congress can put Army modernization back on track - Breaking Defense, Breaking the Cycle of Incremental Acquisition Reform - War On The Rocks, 'The last supper': How a 1993 Pentagon dinner reshaped the - WBUR News, Singapore to buy eight more F-35B jets - Defense News, Federal workers oppose proposed Pentagon civilian workforce cut - Roll Call, Boeing will close Super Hornet production line in 2025 - Defense News, Biden prepares largest Pentagon budget in history as spending cuts - POLITICO, Getting Serious About Responsible Defense Spending - Heritage.org, Setting the Cornerstone of the Organic Industrial Base, ACC leaders support BEYA conference to fill command vacancies, BEYA recognizes contracting member for professionalism, ACC members awarded Army Acquisition Excellence in Leadership Awards, Army's IT functionality expands to help better serve its customers, Contracting specialist garners AMC quarterly award, Army Contracting Command Hosts Senior Leader Forum, MilLife Learning Courses to Grow With Throughout the Year, Veterans Affairs Benefits Available After Deployment, Beyond Your Service Members Pay: The Benefits of Military Service, France to send more mobile artillery to Ukraine, Leopard tanks to arrive in Ukraine around late March: Germany, White House says US, Germany to send Ukraine armored vehicles, Poland signs deal for Abrams tanks from US, French tanks join NATO defensive line in Romania, France to conduct biggest ever war games in 2023, Israel names Herzi Halevi as next army chief, Mexican lawmakers approve contentious security reform.