House Passes Another Legislative Proposal of Rep. Zeldin to Save Plum Island

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Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced today that another legislative proposal that he introduced in the House of Representatives to save Plum Island passed the House unanimously today with bipartisan support.

Congressman Zeldin's amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2017 (H.R. 5485), prohibits any of the funding within the appropriations bill to be used to market or sell Plum Island. The bipartisan amendment was cosponsored by Reps. Joe Courtney and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, and Reps. Peter King and Steve Israel of New York. The U.S. Senate must now also pass this appropriations bill with Congressman Zeldin's proposal in order to become law.

Passage of this amendment follows passage of Congressman Zeldin's bill in May of 2016, H.R. 1887, to stop the sale of Plum Island to the highest bidder. In order for H.R. 1887 to become law, the U.S. Senate also must pass the bill which is currently in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Congressman Zeldin said, "Yet again, the House of Representatives is acting to save Plum Island by passing my legislative proposals to stop a sale to the highest bidder. It is time for the United States Senate to act and pass my proposals so that we can pursue a better direction for Plum Island that would allow for continued research, public access and permanent preservation of the island."

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