[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1675 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1675

    To amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement 
    directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal 
  property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island 
Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, to provide for a report 
   on the potential transfer of Plum Island, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2015

    Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Murphy, and Mrs. 
  Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend certain appropriations Acts to repeal the requirement 
    directing the Administrator of General Services to sell Federal 
  property and assets that support the operations of the Plum Island 
Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New York, to provide for a report 
   on the potential transfer of Plum Island, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Plum Island Conservation Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO SELL CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY IN PLUM 
              ISLAND, NEW YORK.

    (a) Repeal of Requirement in Public Law 110-329.--Section 540 of 
the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 (division 
D of Public Law 110-329; 122 Stat. 3688) is repealed.
    (b) Repeal of Requirement in Public Law 112-74.--Section 538 of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 (6 U.S.C. 190 
note; division D of Public Law 112-74) is repealed.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF PLUM ISLAND.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the 
Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of the Interior, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes--
            (1) recommendations for the transfer of administrative 
        jurisdiction over Plum Island from the Department of Homeland 
        Security to the Federal agency that is most capable of 
        conserving the undeveloped land, critical habitat, vulnerable 
        and rare species, and historic, cultural, and other 
        environmental resources of Plum Island; and
            (2) an analysis of any remediation responsibilities with 
        respect to Plum Island, the costs associated with assuming 
        administrative jurisdiction over Plum Island, the timing of the 
        transfer, and the need for any legislative changes to execute 
        the transfer.
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