116 STAT. 2838 PUBLIC LAW 107-331—DEC. 13, 2002 "(g) CENTRAL REGISTRATION OF LOANS.— On promulgation of final regulations under subsection (i), the Secretary shall— "(1) provide for a central registration of all guaranteed or insured loans transferred under this section; and "(2) enter into 1 or more contracts with a fiscal transfer agent— "(A) to act as the designee of the Secretary under this section; and "(B) to carry out on behalf of the Secretary the central registration and fiscal transfer agent functions, and issuance of acknowledgments, under this section. "(h) POOLING OF LOANS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title prohibits the pooling of whole loans or interests in loans transferred under this section. "(2) REGULATIONS.—In promulgating regulations under subsection (i), the Secretary may include such regulations to effect orderly and efficient pooling procedures as the Secretary determines to be necessary. Deadline. "(i) REGULATIONS. — Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop such procedures and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to facilitate, administer, and promote transfers of loans and guaranteed and insured portions of loans under this section.". Yankton Sioux TITLE II—YANKTON SIOUX AND SANTEE srouxTl!"^'" SIOUX TRIBES EQUITABLE COM- cCen^ation PENSATION Act. SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act". SEC. 202. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) by enacting the Act of December 22, 1944, commonly known as the "Flood Control Act of 1944" (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 701-1 et seq.) Congress approved the Pick- Sloan Missouri River Basin program (referred to in this section as the "Pick-Sloan program")— (A) to promote the general economic development of the United States; (B) to provide for irrigation above Sioux City, Iowa; (C) to protect urban and rural areas from devastating floods of the Missouri River; and (D) for other purposes; (2) the waters impounded for the Fort Randall and Gavins Point projects of the Pick-Sloan program have inundated the fertile, wooded bottom lands along the Missouri River that constituted the most productive agricultural and pastoral lands of, and the homeland of, the members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux Tribe; (3) the Fort Randall project (including the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir) overlies the western boundary of the Yankton Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation;
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