This year's defense policy bill is unlikely to include authorization for a new base realignment and closure round, after leaders on the Senate Armed Services Committee dropped an expected push for such a provision. Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) had drafted a provision authorizing a new BRAC round in 2019, but their amendment was left on the table after the Senate voted to limit floor debate on the defense policy bill last week. The...
