Box 50

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Topics include first recommendation by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission for base closures and cost of closures. Correspondents include Patricia Schroeder, James Saxton, John Edward Porter, Edward Madigan, Brian Donnelly, Les Aspin, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Jim Kolbe, National Federation of Federal Employees, Heritage Foundation, and Nita M. Lowey.

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Topics include possible alteration to base closing procedure, Richard Cheney, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, and economic development of former bases. Correspondents include Beryl Anthony Jr. (chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee), Lynn Martin, Leon E. Panetta, Bob Bolen (mayor of Fort Worth, Texas), and John Baker (mayor pro tem of Lubbock, Texas).

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Topics include closure of overseas bases, Johnston-Breaux Amendment, and conveyance of former bases to nearby communities. Correspondents include Robert C. Smith, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery, Richard Cheney, Ann W. Richards and Trent Lott.

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Topics include possible postponement of base closure, Hansen Amendment, and cost savings. Correspondents include Floyd D. Spence, James V. Hansen, National Taxpayers Union, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, Tom DeLay, Henry Bonilla, and Ronald Kirk (mayor of Dallas, Texas).

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Folder contains reports from the General Accounting Office re closing depots, depot capabilities, budget issues, consolidations, and privatization.

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Folder contains conference report, comparative data, and public law for S. 2749.

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Folder contains copy of legislation, transcript of hearing before House Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Congressional Record excerpts, list of cosponsors, and statement by Richard K. Armey re H.R. 1583. This bill called for establishment of Bipartisan Commission on the Consolidation of Military Bases.

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Folder contains copy of legislation, hearings, amendments, statements, Congressional Record excerpts, reports, and news releases re H.R. 4481, which called for closing, and realigning certain military installations during a certain period. Correspondents include Ronald V. Dellums (statement), Les Aspin, House Republican Conference, and Trent Lott.

Scope and Contents Folder contains amendments, reports, copies of House resolutions, and Congressional Record excerpts re a variety of legislation concerned with base closure. Among the legislation mentioned are H.R. 1748, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1989; S. 2355, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1989; H.J. Res. 165, disapproving the recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure; and H.R. 4739, Department of Defense Authorization Act for FY 1991....

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Folder contains hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Economic Development of the Committee on Public Works re proposed personnel reduction at Loring Air Force Base in Maine. Richard K. Armey used this hearing as background material for his base closure legislation.