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The U.S. General Accounting Office has estimated that these closures and realignments\nproduced net savings of about $16.7 billion as of the end of FY2001 and will continue to produce\nan estimated annual recurring savings thereafter of about $6.6 billion.\n In mid-1997, Secretary of Defense William Cohen called for two new rounds of base closures\nand realignments. He explained that, while four previous rounds had achieved significant savings,\nit was important to continue the process of closing underutilized facilities. Despite DOD pressure,\nmost Members of Congress were reluctant to support authorization of new base closure legislation,\nat least for the foreseeable future. The reasons given included, among others, grass-roots opposition\nfrom communities likely to be affected and President Clinton's \"intervention\" in the 1995 base\nclosure commission's recommendations regarding McClellan and Kelly air force bases. Of the two\nchambers, the House of Representatives expressed the stronger and more united opposition. In the\nSenate, proponents of new base closure rounds have attempted to attach amendments to each year's\ndefense authorization bill since 1997, achieving success only toward the end of 2001. \n The principal advocates in Congress for new base closures have been Senator John McCain and\nSenator Carl Levin. On February 27, 2001, they introduced legislation ( S. 397 ) to\nauthorize two new closure rounds in 2003 and 2005. On August 3, 2001, the Secretary of Defense\nsubmitted his own proposal to Congress, calling for one additional round in 2003. On September\n6, 2001, the Senate's defense panel incorporated elements of both proposals and passed the measure\nby a vote of 17 to 8. Later, in Senate floor debate (September 24, 2001), the Levin/McCain initiative\npassed by a margin of 53 to 47. \n However, many Members of the House were reluctant to support S. 397 , thus\ncreating an impasse in the conference phase that delayed final passage of the FY2002 defense\nlegislation. Finally, on December 12, 2001, the conferees reached a compromise. They agreed to\nauthorize one new round of base closures in 2005. They also added language that\nrevised various\naspects of previous base closure law -- the most notable of which, perhaps, will be the enhanced\nrole and influence of the Secretary of Defense in the base closure selection process. 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