WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

The law › Title 10, Armed Forces › Chapter 159

10 U.S.C. 2687: Base closures and realignments

Created in 1977 by Public Law 95-82. Changed by 11 later laws. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

24 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 907c, 5 U.S.C. 6304, 5 U.S.C. 9902, 10 U.S.C. 101, 10 U.S.C. 2391.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of the Secretary of Defense (2), Office of Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development (1).

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (a), (g)

How it got here

2013

  • Pub. L. 112–239, §2712(a)(2), (3), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively. Former subsec. (e) redesignated (g). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) Law text · (c), (d), (e)
  • Pub. L. 112–239, §1076(f)(33), substituted "as a result" for "at a result" in introductory provisions. (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) Law text · (f)
  • Pub. L. 112–239, §2712(a)(1), redesignated subsec. (e) as (g). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013) Law text · (g)

2011

  • Pub. L. 112–81, §2704(a), substituted "notification—" for "notification", inserted subpar. (A) designation before "an evaluation", and added subpar. (B). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 112–81, §2704(b), added subsec. (f). (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) Law text · (f)

2008

  • Pub. L. 110–417 inserted "the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," after "Virgin Islands,". (Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009) Law text · (e)

1999

  • Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "and the Committee on Armed Services" for "and the Committee on National Security". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000) Law text · (b)

1996

  • Pub. L. 104–106 substituted "Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives" for "Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives". (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996) Law text · (b)

1990

  • Pub. L. 101–510 inserted "homeport facility for any ship," after "center," and substituted "under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility," for "under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department". · (e)

1987

  • Pub. L. 100–180 inserted "The term" after each par. designation and revised first word in quotes in each par. to make initial letter of such word lowercase. · (e)

1985

  • Pub. L. 99–145 amended section generally, thereby applying the section only to closure of bases with more than 300 civilian personnel authorized to be employed and to realignments involving a reduction by more than 1,000, or by more than 50 percent, in the number of civilian personnel authorized to…

1984

  • Pub. L. 98–525, §1405(41)(A), substituted "1,000" for "one thousand". · (a)
  • Pub. L. 98–525, §1405(41)(B), inserted "(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)". · (b)
  • Pub. L. 98–525, §1405(41)(C), substituted "60" for "sixty". · (b)
  • Pub. L. 98–525, §1405(41)(D), substituted "300" for "three hundred". · (d)

1982

  • Pub. L. 97–214 substituted "a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department" for "any camp, post, station, base, yard, or other facility under the authority of the Department of Defense". · (d)

1978

  • Pub. L. 95–356 substituted "three hundred" for "five hundred". · (d)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.