IIB 
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 McKin-
ney Lake National Fish Hatchery to the State of North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘McKinney Lake Na-
tional Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF MCKINNEY LAKE NATIONAL FISH 
HATCHERY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of North Carolina. 
(b) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey 
to the State, without reimbursement, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to the property de-
scribed in subsection (c), for use by the North Carolina 
Wildlife Resources Commission as a component of the fish 
and wildlife management program of the State. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re-
ferred to in subsection (b) is comprised of the property 
known as the ‘‘McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery’’, 
which— 
(1) is located at 220 McKinney Lake Road, 
Hoffman (between Southern Pines and Rocking-
ham), in Richmond County, North Carolina; 
(2) is a warmwater facility consisting of ap-
proximately 422 acres; and 
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(3) includes all improvements and related per-
sonal property under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary that are located on the property (including 
buildings, structures, and equipment). 
(d) USE BY STATE.— 
(1) USE.—The property conveyed to the State 
under this section shall be used by the State for pur-
poses relating to fishery and wildlife resources man-
agement. 
(2) REVERSION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the property con-
veyed to the State under this section is used for 
any purpose other than the purpose described 
in paragraph (1), all right, title, and interest in 
and to the property shall revert to the United 
States. 
(B) CONDITION
OF
PROPERTY.—If the 
property described in subparagraph (A) reverts 
to the United States under this paragraph, the 
State shall ensure that the property is in sub-
stantially the same or better condition as the 
condition of the property as of the date of the 
conveyance of the property under this section. 
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(C) EXCEPTION.—This paragraph shall 
not apply with respect to use of the property 
under subsection (e). 
(e) USE BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall re-
quire, as a condition and term of the conveyance of prop-
erty under this section, that the State shall, upon the re-
quest of the Secretary, allow the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service to use the property in cooperation with 
the Commission for propagation of any critically impor-
tant aquatic resources held in public trust to address spe-
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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