Sec. 15. Restriction on other base closure authority
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Except as provided in subsection (c), during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, and ending on April 15, 2020, this Act shall be the exclusive authority for selecting for consolidation, closure, or realignment, or for carrying out any consolidation, closure, or realignment of, a military installation inside the United States. Except as provided in subsection (c), none of the funds available to the Department may be used, other than under this Act, during the period specified in subsection (a)— to identify, through any transmittal to the Congress or through any other public announcement or notification, any military installation inside the United States as an installation to be consolidated, closed, or realigned, or as an installation under consideration for consolidation, closure, or realignment; or to carry out any consolidation, closure, or realignment of a military installation inside the United States.
Nothing in this title affects the authority of the Secretary of Defense to carry out closures or realignments to which section 2687 of title 10, United States Code, is not applicable, including closures and realignments carried out for reasons of national security or a military emergency referred to in subsection
(c)of such section.