Repeals provisions of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009, and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012, authorizing the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to direct the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to sell all real and personal property and transportation assets of the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility at Plum Island, New York.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 2691 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2691
To amend certain appropriation 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, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 16, 2013
Mr. Bishop of New York (for himself, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Grimm)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Homeland Security
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A BILL
To amend certain appropriation 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, 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. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Government has owned Plum Island since
1899.
(2) Since 1954, the Animal Disease Center on Plum Island
has conducted first-rate scientific research on a variety of
infectious animal-borne diseases, including foot-and-mouth
disease, resulting, most recently, in the development of a new
cell line that rapidly and reliably detects this highly
debilitating disease of livestock.
(3) The safety record of the Center is unparalleled, with
no accidental releases reaching the mainland in the history of
the Center.
(4) $23,200,000 in Federal funds have been spent on
upgrades to, and the maintenance of, the Plum Island Animal
Disease Center since January 2012, and significant investments
in the Center in the next five years are likely.
(5) In addition to the Animal Disease Center, Plum Island
contains cultural, historical, ecological, and natural
resources of regional and national significance.
(6) Plum Island is situated where the Long Island Sound and
Peconic Bay meet, each being estuaries that are part of the
National Estuary Program, reflecting each natural system's
nationally significant environmental and economic values to the
region.
(7) The Federal Government has invested hundreds of
millions of Federal funds over the last two decades to make
long-term improvements with respect to the conservation and
management needs of Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay.
(8) Due to cleanup costs from past Center activities and
the zoning proposed by the town of Southold, New York,
prohibiting residental or commercial development, the Federal
Government will receive very little to no compensation from the
sale of Plum Island.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO SELL CERTAIN FEDERAL PROPERTY IN PLUM
ISLAND, NEW YORK.
(a) Repeal in Public Law 110-329.--Section 540 of title V of
division D of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110-329; 122 Stat.
3688) is repealed.
(b) Repeal in Public Law 112-74.--Section 538 of title V of
division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law
112-74; 125 Stat. 976) is repealed.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
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