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H.R.1887

H.R.1887: 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.

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Introduced April 16, 2015
Latest Major Action May 26, 2016
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Bill Sponsor

Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

Bill Cosponsors

24 (19 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Bill 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...

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
May 26, 2016	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 17, 2016	Received in the Senate.
May 16, 2016	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
May 16, 2016	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 16, 2016	Voice Vote in the House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2406-2407)
May 16, 2016	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1887.
May 16, 2016	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2406-2409)
May 16, 2016	Mr. Ratcliffe moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 16, 2016	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
May 16, 2016	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-568.
April 28, 2016	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
April 28, 2016	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
April 28, 2016	Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Discharged.
April 29, 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
April 16, 2015	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
April 16, 2015	Introduced in the House by Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

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