PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSIDERATION IN BASE CLOSURE PROCESS OF ADVANCE CONVERSION PLANNING UNDERTAKEN BY POTENTIAL AFFECTED COMMUNITIES.

SEC. 2811. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSIDERATION IN BASE CLOSURE PROCESS OF ADVANCE CONVERSION PLANNING UNDERTAKEN BY POTENTIAL AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. (a) Department of Defense Recommendations.— Subsection (c)(3) of section 2903 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 108 STAT. 3054Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) is amended— (1) by inserting “(A)” before “In considering”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: “(B) In considering military installations for closure or realignment, the Secretary may not take into account for any purpose any advance conversion planning undertaken by an affected community with respect to the anticipated closure or realignment of an installation. “(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B), in the case of a community anticipating the economic effects of a closure or realignment of a military installation, advance conversion planning— “(i) shall include community adjustment and economic diversification planning undertaken by the community before an anticipated selection of a military installation in or near the community for closure or realignment; and “(ii) may include the development of contingency redevelopment plans, plans for economic development and diversification, and plans for the joint use (including civilian and military use, public and private use, civilian dual use, and civilian shared use) of the property or facilities of the installation after the anticipated closure or realignment.”. (b) Commission Recommendations.— Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) In making recommendations under this paragraph, the Commission may not take into account for any purpose any advance conversion planning undertaken by an affected community with respect to the anticipated closure or realignment of a military installation.”.