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TESTIMONY
 
Statement of
Neil M. Singer
Deputy Assistant Director
National Security Division
Congressional Budget Office
 
on
Military Base Closures and Realignment Procedures
 
before the
Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities
Committee on National Security
U.S. House of Representatives
 
March 18,1997
 
NOTICE

This statement is not available for public release until it is delivered at 2:00 p.m. (EST), Tuesday, March 18,1997.
 

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the Subcommittee to discuss the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) recent analysis of the Base Realignment and Closure process, or BRAC. As you are aware, CBO recently completed an interim assessment of the BRAC process. I would like to focus on a few aspects of that analysis with you today: a brief overview of BRAC, CBO's principal findings, and a discussion of three key problem areas--identifying savings, environmental costs, and double counting the savings from downsizing.

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