To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the selection for closure or adverse realignment under such law any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training.

March 11, 2003

Mr. PICKERING (for himself and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to prohibit the selection for closure or adverse realignment under such law any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PILOT-TRAINING BASES FROM 2005 BASE CLOSURE ROUND.

Section 2914(b) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as added by section 3003 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 1345), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(3) EXEMPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE PILOT-TRAINING BASES- The recommendations of the Secretary and the recommendations of the Commission regarding the closure or adverse realignment of military installations may not include any military installation used for undergraduate pilot training.'.

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