,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,bishop of ,new ,york 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,courtney1 and ,mr4 ,grimm7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,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 ,island1 ,new 
,york1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,federal ,government has    
owned ,plum ,island since #ahii4  7#b7  
,since #aied1 the ,animal ,disease      
,center on ,plum ,island has conducted  
first-rate scientific research on a     
variety of infectious animal-borne      
diseases1 including foot-and-mouth      
disease1 resulting1 most recently1 in   
the development of a new cell line that 

rapidly and reliably detects this highly
 debilitating disease of livestock4     
7#c7 ,the safety record of the ,center  
is unparalleled1 with no accidental     
releases reaching the mainland in the   
history of the ,center4  7#d7           
#bc1bjj1jjj in ,federal funds have been 
spent on upgrades to1 and the           
maintenance of1 the ,plum ,island       
,animal ,disease ,center since ,january 
#bjab1 and significant investments in   
the ,center in the next five years are  
likely4  7#e7 ,in addition to the       
,animal ,disease ,center1 ,plum ,island 
contains cultural1 historical1          
ecological1 and natural resources of    
regional and national significance4     
7#f7 ,plum ,island is situated where the
 ,long ,island ,sound and ,peconic ,bay 
meet1 each being estuaries that are part
 of the ,national ,estuary ,program1    
reflecting each natural system's        
nationally significant environmental and
 economic values to the region4  7#g7   
,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 ,bay4
  7#h7 ,due to cleanup costs from past  
,center activities and the zoning       
proposed by the town of ,southold1 ,new 
,york1 prohibiting residental or        
commercial development1 the ,federal    
,government will receive very little to 
no compensation from the sale of ,plum  
,island4  #b4 ,repeal of requirement to 
sell certain ,federal property in ,plum 
,island1 ,new ,york  7a7 ,repeal in     
,public ,law #aaj-cbi ,section #edj of  
title ,v of division ,d of the          
,consolidated ,security1 ,disaster      
,assistance1 and ,continuing            
,appropriations ,act1 #bjji 7,public    
,law #aaj-cbi2 #abb ,stat4 #cfhh7 is    
repealed4  7b7 ,repeal in ,public ,law  
#aab-gd ,section #ech of title ,v of    
division ,d of the ,consolidated        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjab 7,public    

,law #aab-gd2 #abe ,stat4 #igf7 is      
repealed4