Sec. 305. Reporting on National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
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Section 310 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 190 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the planned successor facility to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center as of the date of enactment of this subsection, shall be subject to the requirements under subsections (b), (c), and
(d)in the same manner and to the same extent as the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Not later than September 30, 2016, and not less frequently than twice each year thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the congressional homeland security committees a report on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility that includes— a review of the status of the construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, including— current cost and schedule estimates; any revisions to previous estimates described in clause (i); and total obligations to date; a description of activities carried out to prepare for the transfer of research to the facility and the activation of that research; and a description of activities that have occurred to decommission the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The reporting requirement under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date that is 1 year after the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to the congressional homeland security committees that construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility has been completed. . Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate a review of and submit to Congress a report on the construction and future planning of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which shall include— the extent to which cost and schedule estimates for the project conform to capital planning leading practices as determined by the Comptroller General; the extent to which the project’s planning, budgeting, acquisition, and proposed management in use conform to capital planning leading practices as determined by the Comptroller General; and the extent to which disposal of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center conforms to capital planning leading practices as determined by the Comptroller General.
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Sec. 305
Reporting on National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
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