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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1160 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 31, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the State of North 

Carolina, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘McKinney Lake Na3 tional Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF MCKINNEY LAKE NATIONAL FISH 

5 HATCHERY. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

8 the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 

10 of North Carolina. 

11 (b) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey 

13 to the State, without reimbursement, all right, title, and 

14 interest of the United States in and to the property de15 scribed in subsection (c), for use by the North Carolina 

16 Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish 

17 and wildlife management program of the State. 

18 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re19 ferred to in subsection (b) is comprised of the property 

20 known as the ‘‘McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery’’, 

21 which— 

22 (1) is located at 220 McKinney Lake Road, 

23 Hoffman (between Southern Pines and Rocking24 ham), in Richmond County, North Carolina; 

25 (2) is a warmwater facility consisting of ap26 proximately 422 acres; and 


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1 (3) includes all improvements and related per2 sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec3 retary that are located on the property (including 

4 buildings, structures, and equipment). 

5 (d) USE BY STATE.— 

6 (1) USE.—The property conveyed to the State 

7 under this section shall be used by the State for pur8 poses relating to fishery and wildlife resources man9 agement. 

10 (2) REVERSION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the property con12 veyed to the State under this section is used for 

13 any purpose other than the purpose described 

14 in paragraph (1), all right, title, and interest in 

15 and to the property shall revert to the United 

16 States. 

17 (B) CONDITION OF PROPERTY.—If the 

18 property described in subparagraph (A) reverts 

19 to the United States under this paragraph, the 

20 State shall ensure that the property is in sub21 stantially the same or better condition as the 

22 condition of the property as of the date of the 

23 conveyance of the property under this section. 


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1 (C) EXCEPTION.—This paragraph shall 

2 not apply with respect to use of the property 

3 under subsection (e). 

4 (e) USE BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall re5 quire, as a condition and term of the conveyance of prop6 erty under this section, that the State shall, upon the re7 quest of the Secretary, allow the United States Fish and 

8 Wildlife Service to use the property in cooperation with 

9 the Commission for propagation of any critically impor10 tant aquatic resources held in public trust to address spe11 cific restoration or recovery needs of such resource. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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