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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1887.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1887, a bill to amend certain appropriation 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 Island, NY” on May 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 28, 2016”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51574

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1887, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1887

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  33483af9592f1782dfe28f5caebf20774935712327a8146bac3907a1260fd145

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-568 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 16, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/568

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1887, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1887

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  33483af9592f1782dfe28f5caebf20774935712327a8146bac3907a1260fd145

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZELDIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2310):
  Article 1, Sections 8 and 9 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1887, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1887

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  33483af9592f1782dfe28f5caebf20774935712327a8146bac3907a1260fd145

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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