Editing Base Realignment and Closure (section)

===2015===
The 2005 Commission recommended that Congress authorize another BRAC round in 2015 and every eight years thereafter.<ref>[http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/090905cdam1.htm BRAC panel calls closure round premature - News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202171348/http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0905/090905cdam1.htm |date=December 2, 2008 }}. GovExec.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> On May 10, 2012, the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]] rejected calls by the Pentagon for base closures outside of a 2015 round by a 44 to 18 vote.<ref>[http://www.military.com/news/article/house-committee-rejects-more-base-closings.html?ESRC=sm_todayinmil.nl Military Headlines]. Military.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref> Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]] had called for two rounds of base closures while at the same time arguing that the alternative of the sequester would be a "meat-ax" approach to cuts which would "hollow out" military forces.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/military/index.ssf/2012/05/us_house_committee_rejects_mor.html U.S. House committee rejects more military base closings]. NOLA.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref>

The [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014]] specifically prohibits authorization of future BRAC rounds.<ref>{{USPL|113|66}}: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Sec. 2711; page 334; {{USStat|127|1004}})</ref>

In May 2014, it was attempted to fund another round of BRAC, although funding was not approved in a vote in May of that year.<ref name=Jordan>{{cite news|last=Jordan|first=Bryant|title=House Panel Protects A-10, Pulls BRAC from Budget|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/07/house-panel-protects-a10-pulls-brac-from-budget.html|access-date=8 May 2014|newspaper=Military.com|date=7 May 2014}}</ref>

In March 2015, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment addressed the possibility of a future BRAC, indicating that the DOD, Defense Secretary [[Ash Carter]] was requesting authority to conduct another BRAC.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marshall, Jr.|first1=Tyrone|title=Senior DoD Official Testifies on Budget, BRAC|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/128294/|website=U.S. Department of Defense|access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref>

In September 2015, at the tenth anniversary of the end of the most recent BRAC commission report, its former chairman [[Anthony Principi]] wrote, "Now is the time to do what's right for our men and women in uniform. Spending dollars on infrastructure that does not serve their needs is inexcusable."<ref>{{cite news|author1=Anthony J. Principi|title=Time for a new BRAC|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/252594-time-for-a-new-brac/|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Hill|publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc|date=3 September 2015}}</ref>