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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE INFORMATION
BRAC Timeline
March 15, 2004
Deadline for Congressional approval of the final selection criteria.
March 15, 2005
The President nominates BRAC commissioners.
May 16, 2005
Secretary of Defense forwards recommendations for closure and realignment to the commission, at which time the information will be available to the public.
September 8, 2005
Commission forwards its reports on the recommendations to the President.
September 23, 2005
The President has until this date to accept or reject the recommendations on all or nothing basis and forward the recommendations to Congress.
Once the President submits his final recommendations to Congress, they will have 45 legislative days to act on the recommendations or they become binding on the Department of Defense.
As more information becomes available during the BRAC 2005 process, it will be released to the public through the media from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
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