Predecessors
Originating in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 during the post-war drawdown, which was used in the 1960s by Robert McNamara (Kennedy and Johnson administrations) to close 569 US military installations ), the post-Cold War drawdowns have been legislated by the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990 which provides "the basic framework for the transfer and disposal of military installations closed during the base realignment and closure (BRAC) process". Additional closures were effected in 1974's Project Concise and a 1976 follow-on program.
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