BRAC with community veto?

NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), chairman of the House Armed Service’s Seapower and Force Projection subcommittee, told members of a Virginia Navy League that Congress may consider another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) actions, but under restrictive rules that give veto power to military communities. The last BRAC was in 2005. The plan, according to Wittman’s remarks at a NL luncheon, would be limited to "tangential facilities" identified by the Pentagon; and could be added as an amendment to the Defense Department’s FY 2019 spending bill. DoD would have to indicate those facilities were excess inventory and unneeded; and communities would have to agree, he said. (Virginian-Pilot 05/04/18)