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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SJR 24 (Harman)
          As Introduced  April 26, 2012
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :35-0  
          
           VETERANS AFFAIRS    8-0                                         
                         
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          |Ayes:|Cook, Pan, Atkins, Block, |     |                          |
          |     |Gorell,   V. Manuel       |     |                          |
          |     |P�rez, Williams, Yamada   |     |                          |
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          SUMMARY  :  Urges the California delegates of the Congress of the 
          United States to protect the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach 
          during any upcoming base realignment and closure (BRAC) 
          processes.  
           
           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the 
          Legislative Counsel.

           COMMENTS  :  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta included in the 
          Department of Defense (DoD) annual request for authorization a 
          request for BRAC in 2013 and 2015.  However, the House and 
          Senate Armed Services committees rejected a new base-closing 
          round in their versions of the annual defense authorization bill 
          for next year.  In addition, "It's now clear obviously there 
          will not be a round of BRAC authorized" in 2013, Panetta said in 
          a speech to the Association of Defense Communities in Monterey, 
          California.  Therefore it seems unlikely that BRAC will occur in 
          2013.

          However, past rounds of BRAC had huge impacts on California.  
          Total net DoD personnel cuts from the four BRAC Rounds in 1988, 
          1991, 1993, and 1995 for all U.S. states except California were 
          80,373; California lost 93,546.  In those four rounds, 
          California absorbed 54% of the nation's overall personnel cuts 
          and lost nearly 30 major bases. In the 2005 round, over 40 
          bases/installations and facilities were affected in the state.  

          Though BRAC seems unlikely to happen in 2013, it was requested 
          by the DoD, and the National Defense Authorization Act versions 








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          thus far do not affect the possibility of BRAC after 2013.  
          DoD's presence in California offers unique strategic military 
          benefits to the Nation, particularly in light of the military's 
          new focus on the Pacific region.  Furthermore, DoD in 2009 spent 
          approximately $56 billion in California.  Its contribution to 
          the California economy continues to be extremely important.  For 
          all of the foregoing reasons, sending a strong message and 
          taking a position of vigilance and concern about BRAC now is 
          wise.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    John Spangler / V. A. / (916) 319-3550 


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