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To limit cost growth associated with major defense base closures and realignments implemented as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment. 7/31/2007--Introduced. BRAC Cost Overruns Protection Act of 2007 or BRAC COP Act of 2007 - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees on the costs of implementing recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission that relate to military base closures and realignments that have not been fully implemented. Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify such committees if the Secretary determines that the current estimate of implementation costs for an individual major base closure or realignment is at least 25% greater than the baseline estimate for such closure or realignment; and (2) develop a business plan to reduce the costs of any individual substantially over-budget major base closure or realignment [...]

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  • 09/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
  • 07/31/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • 07/31/2007 - Referred to House Armed Services
  • 07/31/2007 - Referred to House Rules
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H.R.3254 Introduced in House08/31/2007