119-s412

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 412 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 412

 To prescribe requirements relating to the management of the 
consolidated Federal asset commonly known as Plum Island, New York, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
 Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

 To prescribe requirements relating to the management of the 
consolidated Federal asset commonly known as Plum Island, New York, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Plum Island Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF PLUM ISLAND, NEW YORK.

    (a) In General.--The consolidated Federal asset commonly known as 
Plum Island, New York, and all associated real and personal properties, 
including the Orient Point, New York, terminal and facilities (referred 
to in this section as ``Plum Island''), shall be protected in 
perpetuity for the purposes of--

    (1) ecological conservation;

    (2) discovery and celebration of the historical and 
 cultural heritage of Plum Island; and

    (3) maintaining access to Plum Island.

    (b) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services (referred 
to in this section as the ``Administrator''), in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Interior, relevant 
Federal and State agencies, Tribal governments, and other stakeholders, 
shall initiate a process to commence formal visioning sessions that may 
form the basis for a future ecological management plan for Plum Island 
in accordance with subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date on which the 
Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
the Secretary of the Interior, relevant Federal and State agencies, 
Tribal governments, and other stakeholders, initiates the process 
required under subsection

    (b) , and each year thereafter until the date 
that is 1 year after the date on which the visioning sessions required 
under that subsection are completed, the Administrator shall submit to 
the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Accountability of the 
House of Representatives a report that describes--

    (1) the Federal and State agencies, Tribal governments, and 
 other stakeholders consulted during those visioning sessions;

    (2) the items discussed or reviewed during that process for 
 the period covered by the applicable report;

    (3) the outcomes of that process, or expected outcomes if 
 the process is ongoing;

    (4) if that process is not completed, the estimated 
 timeline for completion; and

    (5) if that process is completed, the recommendations from 
 those visioning sessions that may form the basis for a future 
 ecological management plan for Plum Island.
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