EXPEDITED DETERMINATION OF TRANSFERABILITY OF EXCESS PROPERTY OF INSTALLATIONS TO BE CLOSED.

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 after 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 107 STAT. 1916is in the best interests of the communities affected by the closure of the installation.”. (b) Determinations Under 1990 Act.—Section 2905(b) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2903(b), is further amended by adding at the end 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 part, or will accept transfer of any portion of such installation, are made not later than 6 months after the date of approval of closure of that installation. “(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 is in the best interests of the communities affected by the closure of the installation.”. (c) Applicability.—The Secretary of Defense shall make the determinations required under section 2905(b)(5) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as added by subsection (b), in the case of installations approved for closure under such Act before the date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.