§ 2910. DEFINITIONS
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“As used in this part: The term ‘Account’ means the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906(a). The term ‘congressional defense committees’ means the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The term ‘Commission’ means the Commission established by section 2902. The term ‘military installation’ means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility.
Such term does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, flood control, or other projects not under the primary jurisdiction or control of the Department of Defense. The term ‘realignment’ includes any action which both reduces and relocates functions and civilian personnel positions but does not include a reduction in force resulting from workload adjustments, reduced personnel or funding levels, or skill imbalances. The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Defense.
The term ‘United States’ means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. The term ‘date of approval’, with respect to a closure or realignment of an installation, means the date on which the authority of Congress to disapprove a recommendation of closure or realignment, as the case may be, of such installation under this part expires.
The term ‘redevelopment authority’, in the case of an installation to be closed or realigned under this part, means any entity (including an entity established by a State or local government) recognized by the Secretary of Defense as the entity responsible for developing the redevelopment plan with respect to the installation or for directing the implementation of such plan. If no redevelopment authority referred to in subparagraph
(A)exists with respect to a military installation, the term shall include the following: The local government in whose jurisdiction the military installation is wholly located. A local government agency or State government agency designated by the chief executive officer of the State in which the military installation is located under subparagraph
(B)of section 2905(b)(3) for the purpose of the consultation required by subparagraph
(A)of such section. The term ‘redevelopment plan’ in the case of an installation to be closed or realigned under this part, means a plan that— is agreed to by the local redevelopment authority with respect to the installation; and provides for the reuse or redevelopment of the real property and personal property of the installation that is available for such reuse and redevelopment as a result of the closure or realignment of the installation. The term ‘representative of the homeless’ has the meaning given such term in section 501(i)(4) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11411(i)(4) ).
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