To authorize the Comptroller General of the United States to assess a study on the alternatives for the disposition of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and for other purposes.
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(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) study of the options for the disposition of Plum Island, New York. (In 2005, DHS announced that the operations of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center will move from Plum Island, New York, to a new federal facility in Manhattan, Kansas.) The GAO must determine whether DHS's methodologies adequately support its findings with respect to: the possible alternative uses for Plum Island, including the transfer to another federal agency, a state or local government, a nonprofit organization, or a combination of the entities for the purpose of education, research, or conservation; the issues and implications of the alternative uses; and the cost for the transition, cleanup, and hazard mitigation by a recipient of the property. If the DHS methodologies do not adequately support its findings related to an issue, the GAO must report to Congress on the issue. (Sec. 3) The bill suspends until at least 180 days after the GAO submits its reports to Congress the requirement under current law for the General Services Administration to sell the property and assets which support Plum Island operations.
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H.R.1684 - Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2015 H.R.1887 - To authorize the Comptroller General of the United States to assess a study on the alternatives for the disposition of Plum Island Animal Disease Center, and for other purposes H.R.2630 - Preserving Florida's Coastal Communities Act H.R.3310 - Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act S.1999 - Caribbean Oil Spill Intervention, Prevention, and Preparedness Act S.2807 - Preserving Public Access to Public Waters Act S.3099 - Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Received in the Senate.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2406-2407)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2406-2407)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1887.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2406-2409)
Mr. Ratcliffe moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-568.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| House |
| Referred to |
| April 16, 2015 |
| May 16, 2016 |
| Introduced in House | April 16, 2015 |
| Democratic |
| VA |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Eliot L. Engel | Democratic | NY |
| Elizabeth H. Esty | Democratic | CT |
| Grace Meng | Democratic | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | Democratic | NY |
| James A. Himes | Democratic | CT |
| James P. McGovern | Democratic | MA |
| James R. Langevin | Democratic | RI |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | CT |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| Joseph Crowley | Democratic | NY |
| José E. Serrano | Democratic | NY |
| Kathleen M. Rice | Democratic | NY |
| Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Republican | PA |
| Peter T. King | Republican | NY |
| Richard L. Hanna | Republican | NY |
| Ron Kind | Democratic | WI |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | Democratic | CT |
| Steve Israel | Democratic | NY |
| Ted Lieu | Democratic | CA |