MINUTES 
                                           
          SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 
                    Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure 
                             Monday, September 27, 2004 
                                     1:30 p.m. 
             Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, Corpus  
                                      Christi 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Subcommittee on Base Realignment  
         and Closure was held on Monday, September 27, 2004, in the  
         Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, Corpus  
         Christi 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh                 Senator Troy Fraser 
         Senator Craig Estes 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The Senate Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure heard  
         invited and public testimony regarding the upcoming Department  
         of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round, the  
         preparations ensuing in Corpus Christi, Ingleside, Kingsville  
         and the surrounding areas.  Also addressed were the challenges  
         faced and needs of defense-dependent communities in preparing  
         for BRAC and beyond. 
          
         The hearing was adjourned at 3:40 p.m., on motion of the Chair  
         of the Subcommittee. 
          
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         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
          
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         Katherine Saunders, Subcommittee Director