,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjae,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 and ,mrs4      
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend certain appropriations ,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 to provide   
for a report on the potential transfer  
of ,plum ,island1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,plum ,island       
,conservation ,act4  #b4 ,repeal of     
requirement to sell certain ,federal    
property in ,plum ,island1 ,new ,york   
7a7 ,repeal of requirement in ,public   
,law #aaj-cbi ,section #edj of the      

,department of ,homeland ,security      
,appropriations ,act1 #bjji 7division ,d
 of ,public ,law #aaj-cbi2 #abb ,stat4  
#cfhh7 is repealed4  7b7 ,repeal of     
requirement in ,public ,law #aab-gd     
,section #ech of the ,department of     
,homeland ,security ,appropriations     
,act1 #bjab 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #aij note2    
division ,d of ,public ,law #aab-gd7 is 
repealed4  #c4 ,report on potential     
transfer of ,plum ,island ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security1 in conjunction  
with the ,administrator of ,general     
,services1 the ,secretary of the        
,interior1 and the ,administrator of the
 ,environmental ,protection ,agency1    
shall submit to the appropriate         
committees of ,congress a report that   
includes--  7#a7 recommendations for the
 transfer of administrative jurisdiction
 over ,plum ,island from the ,department
 of ,homeland ,security to the ,federal 
agency that is most capable of          

conserving the undeveloped land1        
critical habitat1 vulnerable and rare   
species1 and historic1 cultural1 and    
other environmental resources of ,plum  
,island2 and  7#b7 an analysis of any   
remediation responsibilities with       
respect to ,plum ,island1 the costs     
associated with assuming administrative 
jurisdiction over ,plum ,island1 the    
timing of the transfer1 and the need for
 any legislative changes to execute the 
transfer4