A bill to require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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SenateJul 19, 2007IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.3108 To require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 19, 2007

Directs the Comptroller General to require methodological, scientific, and technical experts within the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake a new investigation to address specified questions relating to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, including: (1) cost estimates with respect to its closing and the transfer of its personnel, functions, and activities to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; (2) a shortfall of defense scientists and engineers; and (3) the failure of the Department of Defense (DOD) to timely provide a report required by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission as to whether the transfer of such personnel, functions, and activities will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations.

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Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D–NJ

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Armed Services Committee

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Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]

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Jul 19, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 19, 2007
Introduced in Senate

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HR 3108 · To require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1836

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/s1836/BILLS-110s1836is.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1836

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2007-07-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/s1836/BILLS-110s1836is.htm

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1836

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2007-07-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/s1836/BILLS-110s1836is.htm

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Discuss S.1836, 110th Congress: A bill to require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/1836

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2007-07-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/110/bills/s1836/BILLS-110s1836is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T17:08:35Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.1836 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.