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.
Latest action · May 26, 2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(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.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to May 10, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 5, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 5, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 5, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Jul 9, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Jul 16, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 24, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 10, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Apr 16, 2015Markup Apr 28, 2016Reported May 16, 2016 |
| Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee | Referred Apr 29, 2015Discharged Apr 28, 2016 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 26, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 26, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 17, 2016Received in the Senate.
- May 16, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-568.
- May 16, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
- May 16, 2016Mr. Ratcliffe moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3822 | Lee M. Zeldin R-NY | Jun 15, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2406–H2409Text printed H2406 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Joe Courtney D-CT, John Ratcliffe R-TX, Lee M. Zeldin R-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 16, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 13, 2016H.R. 1887, 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, NYAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 28, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 55, April 16, 2015, page H2310.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2016Referred in Senate
- May 17, 2016Received in Senate
- May 16, 2016Engrossed in House
- May 16, 2016Reported in House
- Apr 16, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
