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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3687 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal 

buildings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2012 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, 

read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, to designate certain Federal buildings, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 Section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

6 Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘to pay not 

2 more than 75 percent of the costs’’ after ‘‘make 

3 grants’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (f)(1), in the first sentence, by 

5 striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 and the 

6 amount appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for each of 

7 fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

8 SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HEAD9 QUARTERS. 

10 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Environmental Protec11 tion Agency Headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania 

12 Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C., known as the Ariel 

13 Rios Building, shall be known and redesignated as the 

14 ‘‘William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building’’. 

15 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg16 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

17 States to the Environmental Protection Agency Head18 quarters referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

19 be a reference to the ‘‘William Jefferson Clinton Federal 

20 Building’’. 

21 SEC. 3. GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND GEORGE W. BUSH UNITED 

22 STATES COURTHOUSE AND GEORGE MAHON 

23 FEDERAL BUILDING. 

24 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Federal building and 

25 United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street 


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1 in Midland, Texas, known as the George Mahon Federal 

2 Building, shall be known and redesignated as the ‘‘George 

3 H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Court4 house and George Mahon Federal Building’’. 

5 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg6 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

7 States to the Federal building and United States Court8 house referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 

9 a reference to the ‘‘George H.W. Bush and George W. 

10 Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Fed11 eral Building’’. 

12 SEC. 4. THOMAS P. O’NEILL, JR. FEDERAL BUILDING. 

13 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building currently 

14 known as Federal Office Building 8, located at 200 C 

15 Street Southwest in the District of Columbia, shall be 

16 known and designated as the ‘‘Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. 

17 Federal Building’’. 

18 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg19 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

20 States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 

21 (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Thomas P. 

22 O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building’’. 

23 SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE WITH LACEY ACT. 

24 The Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 

25 3371 et seq.) and section 42 of title 18, United States 


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1 Code, shall not apply with respect to any water transfer 

2 by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the 

3 Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed con4 veyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake 

5 structure to treatment facilities at which all zebra mussels 

6 are extirpated and removed from the water transferred. 

7 SEC. 6. CONVEYANCE OF MCKINNEY LAKE NATIONAL FISH 

8 HATCHERY. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

11 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

13 of North Carolina. 

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

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

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

17 interest of the United States in and to the property de18 scribed in subsection (c), for use by the North Carolina 

19 Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish 

20 and wildlife management program of the State. 

21 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re22 ferred to in subsection (b) is comprised of the property 

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

24 which— 


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

2 Hoffman (between Southern Pines and Rocking3 ham), in Richmond County, North Carolina; 

4 (2) is a warmwater facility consisting of ap5 proximately 422 acres; and 

6 (3) includes all improvements and related per7 sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec8 retary that are located on the property (including 

9 buildings, structures, and equipment). 

10 (d) USE BY STATE.— 

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

12 under this section shall be used by the State for pur13 poses relating to fishery and wildlife resources man14 agement. 

15 (2) REVERSION.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the property con17 veyed to the State under this section is used for 

18 any purpose other than the purpose described 

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

20 and to the property shall revert to the United 

21 States. 

22 (B) CONDITION OF PROPERTY.—If the 

23 property described in subparagraph (A) reverts 

24 to the United States under this paragraph, the 

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1 stantially the same or better condition as the 

2 condition of the property as of the date of the 

3 conveyance of the property under this section. 

4 (C) EXCEPTION.—This paragraph shall 

5 not apply with respect to use of the property 

6 under subsection (e). 

7 (e) USE BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall re8 quire, as a condition and term of the conveyance of prop9 erty under this section, that the State shall, upon the re10 quest of the Secretary, allow the United States Fish and 

11 Wildlife Service to use the property in cooperation with 

12 the Commission for propagation of any critically impor13 tant aquatic resources held in public trust to address spe14 cific restoration or recovery needs of such resource. 

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