Plum Island Preservation Act

Permanent protection for Plum Island

This bill would protect Plum Island, New York, in perpetuity for three uses. Those uses are ecological conservation, celebrating the island's history, and keeping public access. Within 180 days the GSA Administrator would start visioning sessions to help form an ecological management plan. The Administrator would consult the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, state agencies, Tribal governments, and other stakeholders. Not later than two years after starting, and each year while the sessions continue until one year after they finish, the Administrator would report to the Senate Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Accountability. Each report would list who was consulted, topics discussed, outcomes or expected outcomes, timelines if not finished, and recommendations that could form a future ecological management plan. The bill does not itself appropriate funds or change who is eligible for federal benefits.