Sec. 6. Final selection criteria for making recommendations for consolidation, closure, and realignment of military installations
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The final selection criteria to be used by the Secretary of Defense in making recommendations for the consolidation, closure, or realignment of military installations under this Act shall be military value criteria and certain additional criteria, as follows: The military value criteria are as follows: The current and future mission capabilities of the Armed Forces, the ability to support technological innovation, the ability to support educational requirements that enhance the success of members of the Armed Forces in their military career fields, and the impact on operational readiness of the total force of the Department, including the impact on joint warfighting, training, and readiness.
The availability, condition, and strategic location of land, facilities, and associated airspace (including training areas suitable for maneuver by ground, naval, or air forces throughout a diversity of climate and terrain areas, areas capable of supporting testing and evaluation exercises, and staging areas for the use of the Armed Forces in homeland defense missions) at both existing and potential receiving locations. The ability to accommodate contingency, mobilization, surge, and future total force requirements at both existing and potential receiving locations to support military operations and training.
The cost of operations and the manpower implications. The additional criteria are as follows: The extent and timing of potential costs and savings, including the number of years, beginning with the date of completion of the recommended consolidation, closure, or realignment action, for the savings to exceed the costs. The economic impact on existing communities in the vicinity of the military installation (including potential impacts to employment, termination of contractual agreements, and closure of commercial facilities), calculated using standardized, federally recognized economic impact data when calculating the impact on existing communities.
The impact on homeland security and emergency response preparedness in a State or region. The ability of the infrastructure of both the existing and potential receiving communities to support forces, missions, and personnel. The environmental impact, including the impact of costs related to potential environmental restoration, waste management, and environmental compliance activities. In making recommendations for the consolidation, closure, and realignment of military installations, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to the military value criteria, as specified in subsection (a)(1).
The Secretary shall place an emphasis on recommendations for the consolidation, closure, and realignment of military installations that will yield net-savings within five years of the completion of the recommended consolidation, closure, or realignment action. The Secretary may not make a recommendation that will not demonstrate net-savings within 20 years, unless the Secretary certifies as part of the recommendation that the military value of the recommendation supports or enhances a critical national security interest of the United States.
When determining the costs associated with a recommendation for the consolidation, closure, or realignment of a military installation, the Secretary shall consider costs associated with military construction, information technology, termination of public-private contracts, guarantees, and other factors contributing to the cost of implementing and completing the recommended consolidation, closure, or realignment action, as determined by the Secretary. The final selection criteria relating to the cost savings or return on investment from a recommended consolidation, closure, or realignment action shall take into account the effect of the consolidation, closure, or realignment on the costs of any other activity of the Department or any other Federal agency that may be required to assume responsibility for activities performed at the military installation to be consolidated, closed, or realigned.
The final selection criteria shall be the only criteria used, along with the force structure plan and the infrastructure inventory, in making recommendations for the consolidation, closure, and realignment of military installations inside the United States under this Act.