Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 4.djvu/625

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PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-596 SEC. 133. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at 309 North Church Street in Dyersburg, Tennessee, shall be known and designated as the "Jere Cooper Federal Building". (b) REFERENCES. —Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the "Jere Cooper Federal Building". SEC. 134. Notwithstanding any other law, sections 101(d), (k), (p), (s) and (x) of the Omnibus Personnel Reform Amendment Act of 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, effective June 11, 1998, are enacted into law. SEC. 135. (a) Any right, title, or interest of the United States in the property described in subsection (b) is hereby waived. (b) The property described in this subsection is certain real property comprised of approximately 106.94 acres of land located in Anne Arundel County in the State of Maryland, said property being originally approximately 144.5 acres of land granted to the United States to be held in title by the "Commissioners of the District of Columbia on behalf of the United States of America", in fee simple, by a Judgment of Taking in U.S. District Court, Civil Action Number 2391, saving and excepting therefrom approximately 37.57 acres of land by deed dated June 17, 1947, and recorded at Liber 584, Folio 591. SEC. 136. FLOOD MITIGATION NEAR PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) LAND ACQUISITION. —To provide full operational capability to carry out the authorized purposes of the Missouri River Main Stem dams that are part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program authorized by section 9 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and other purposes", approved December 22, 1944, the Secretary may acquire from wiliing sellers such land and property in the vicinity of Pierre, South Dakota, or floodproof or relocate such property within the project area, as the Secretary determines is adversely affected by the full wintertime Oahe Powerplant releases. (2) OWNERSHIP AND USE.—Any land that is acquired under this authority shall be kept in public ownership and will be dedicated and maintained in perpetuity for a use that is compatible with any remaining flood threat. (3) REPORT. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall not obligate funds to implement this paragraph until the Secretary has completed a report addressing the criteria for selecting which properties are to be acquired, relocated or floodproofed, and a plan for implementing such measures and has made a determination that the measures are economically justified. (B) DEADLINE. —The report shall be completed not later than 180 days after funding is made available. (4) COORDINATION AND COOPERATION.—The report and implementation plan— (A) shall be coordinated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (B) shall be prepared in consultation with other Federal agencies, and State and local officials, and residents.