The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
S 5136

Sponsored by Richard Blumenthal (D)

Plum Island Preservation Study Act

Would have required Interior to study making Plum Island a national park or wildlife refuge.

Tradeoff

Would have required a federal study of whether Plum Island should become a national park or wildlife refuge. Would have added federal costs for the study and any later land purchases, development, and upkeep.

What's in it

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Passed the Senate by on December 18, 2024. The House never voted on it, and the bill expired with the 118th Congress.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Sep 23, 2024)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources(Sep 23, 2024)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Nov 19, 2024)

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Blumenthal's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 3344 · Dec 18, 2024)

    Replaces the special resource study with a study weighing Park System or Wildlife Refuge designation, or other protection, and drops the reference to Section 100507.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 18, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Dec 19, 2024)