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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3687 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2012 

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN RESTORATION 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Section 121 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

4 Act (33 U.S.C. 1273) is amended— 

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

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

7 grants’’; and 

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

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

10 amount appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for each of 

11 fiscal years 2013 through 2017’’. 

12 SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HEAD13 QUARTERS. 

14 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Environmental Protec15 tion Agency Headquarters located at 1200 Pennsylvania 

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

17 Rios Building, shall be known and redesignated as the 

18 ‘‘William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building’’. 

19 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg20 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

21 States to the Environmental Protection Agency Head22 quarters referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

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

24 Building’’. 


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

2 STATES COURTHOUSE AND GEORGE MAHON 

3 FEDERAL BUILDING. 

4 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The Federal building and 

5 United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street 

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

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

8 H.W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Court9 house and George Mahon Federal Building’’. 

10 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg11 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

12 States to the Federal building and United States Court13 house referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 

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

15 Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Fed16 eral Building’’. 

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

18 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building currently 

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

20 Street Southwest in the District of Columbia, shall be 

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

22 Federal Building’’. 

23 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg24 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

25 States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 


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

2 O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building’’. 

3 SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE WITH LACEY ACT. 

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

5 3371 et seq.) and section 42 of title 18, United States 

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

7 by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the 

8 Greater Texoma Utility Authority using only closed con9 veyance systems from the Lake Texoma raw water intake 

10 structure to treatment facilities at which all zebra mussels 

11 are extirpated and removed from the water transferred. 

12 SEC. 6. CONVEYANCE OF MCKINNEY LAKE NATIONAL FISH 

13 HATCHERY. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

16 the Secretary of the Interior. 

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

18 of North Carolina. 

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

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

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

22 interest of the United States in and to the property de23 scribed in subsection (c), for use by the North Carolina 

24 Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish 

25 and wildlife management program of the State. 


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1 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re2 ferred to in subsection (b) is comprised of the property 

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

4 which— 

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

6 Hoffman (between Southern Pines and Rocking7 ham), in Richmond County, North Carolina; 

8 (2) is a warmwater facility consisting of ap9 proximately 422 acres; and 

10 (3) includes all improvements and related per11 sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec12 retary that are located on the property (including 

13 buildings, structures, and equipment). 

14 (d) USE BY STATE.— 

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

16 under this section shall be used by the State for pur17 poses relating to fishery and wildlife resources man18 agement. 

19 (2) REVERSION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the property con21 veyed to the State under this section is used for 

22 any purpose other than the purpose described 

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

24 and to the property shall revert to the United 

25 States. 


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1 (B) CONDITION OF PROPERTY.—If the 

2 property described in subparagraph (A) reverts 

3 to the United States under this paragraph, the 

4 State shall ensure that the property is in sub5 stantially the same or better condition as the 

6 condition of the property as of the date of the 

7 conveyance of the property under this section. 

8 (C) EXCEPTION.—This paragraph shall 

9 not apply with respect to use of the property 

10 under subsection (e). 

11 (e) USE BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall re12 quire, as a condition and term of the conveyance of prop13 erty under this section, that the State shall, upon the re14 quest of the Secretary, allow the United States Fish and 

15 Wildlife Service to use the property in cooperation with 

16 the Commission for propagation of any critically impor17 tant aquatic resources held in public trust to address spe18 cific restoration or recovery needs of such resource. 

Passed the Senate December 17, 2012. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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