[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5099 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5099

  To prescribe requirements relating to the management of the Federal 
    property commonly known as Plum Island, New York, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

    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 prescribe requirements relating to the management of the Federal 
    property commonly known as Plum Island, New York, 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 Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF PLUM ISLAND, NEW YORK.

    (a) In General.--The Federal property commonly known as Plum 
Island, New York, shall be protected in perpetuity for the purpose of 
ecological conservation, historical preservation, and the discovery and 
celebration of the shared cultural heritage of the Island.
    (b) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services (referred 
to in this section as the ``Administrator''), in consultation with 
relevant Federal and State agencies and other relevant stakeholders, 
shall initiate a process to create a plan for the management of the 
Federal property commonly known as Plum Island, New York, in accordance 
with subsection (a).
    (c) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which the 
Administrator, in consultation with relevant Federal and State agencies 
and other relevant stakeholders, initiates the process required under 
subsection (b), and each year thereafter until the date that is 1 year 
after the date on which the plan required under that subsection is 
completed, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs and Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate and the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural 
Resources, and Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
Representatives a report that describes--
            (1) the stakeholders consulted during that process;
            (2) the items discussed or reviewed during that process for 
        the period covered by the applicable report;
            (3) the outcomes of that process, or expected outcomes if 
        the process is ongoing;
            (4) if that process is not completed, the estimated 
        timeline for completion; and
            (5) if that process is completed, the recommended plan for 
        management of the Federal property commonly known as Plum 
        Island, New York, in accordance with subsection (a).
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