A provision in the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee's mark-up of the next defense policy bill would authorize a study of excess infrastructure that could serve as the basis for a future base realignment and closure round. House aides confirmed the thinking behind the provision, titled "Force-Structure Plan and Infrastructure Inventory and Assessment of Infrastructure Necessary to Support the Force Structure," in a background roundtable with reporters Wednesday. "What we're trying to do is get an updated analysis on what...