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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1887 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. ZELDIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend certain appropriation Acts to repeal the require-
ment 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 Representa-
tives 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. 
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(2) Since 1954, the Animal Disease Center on 
Plum Island has conducted first-rate scientific re-
search on a variety of infectious animal-borne dis-
eases, including foot-and-mouth disease, resulting, 
most recently, in the development of a new cell line 
that rapidly and reliably detects this highly debili-
tating disease of livestock. 
(3) The safety record of the Center is unparal-
leled, with no accidental releases reaching the main-
land 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 sig-
nificance. 
(6) Plum Island is situated where the Long Is-
land Sound and Peconic Bay meet, each being estu-
aries that are part of the National Estuary Pro-
gram, reflecting each natural system’s nationally sig-
nificant environmental and economic values to the 
region. 
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(7) The Federal Government has invested hun-
dreds of millions of Federal funds over the last two 
decades to make long-term improvements with re-
spect to the conservation and management needs of 
Long Island Sound and Peconic Bay. 
(8) Due to cleanup costs from past Center ac-
tivities and the zoning proposed by the town of 
Southold, New York, prohibiting residental or com-
mercial 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 FED-
ERAL 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, Dis-
aster 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 re-
pealed. 
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