PUBLIC LAW 105-83—NOV. 14, 1997 111 STAT. 1563 to create an exigency of public business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave j'ears 1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance) shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer of a Helium Program employee to a position of the executive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liquidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from the Helium Fund for such leave. (e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made available to Helium Program employees who are or will be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of helium production and sales and other related activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and relocation incentives, may be paid for retraining commencing on or before September 30, 2002. SEC. 114. None of the funds in this or previous appropriations Acts may be used to establish a new regional office in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 115. (a) CONVI']YANCE REQUIREMENT. —Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State of West Virginia without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property described in subsection (b), for sole use by the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, as part of the State of West Virginia fish culture program. (b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.— The property referred to in subsection (a) is the property known as the Bowden National Fish Hatchery, located on old United States Route 33, Randolph County, West Virginia, consisting of 44 acres (more or less), and all improvements and related personal property under the control of the Secretary that is located on that property, including buildings, structures, equipment, and all easements, leases, and water rights relating to that property. (c) USE AND REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— The property conveyed to the State of West Virginia pursuant to this section shall be used and operated solely by the Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources for the purposes of fishery resources management and fisheries-related activities, and if it is used for any other purposes or by any other party other than the use authorized under subsection (a), all right, title, and interest in and to all property conveyed under this section shall revert to the United States. The State of West Virginia shall ensure that the property reverting to the United States is in substantially the same or better condition as at the time of transfer. SEC. 116. Section 115 of Public Law 103-332 is amended by inserting after the word "title" the following: "or provided from other Federal agencies through reimbursable or other agreements pursuant to the Economy Act". SEC. 117. The third proviso under the heading "Compact of Free Association" of Public Law 100-446 is amended by striking "$2,000,000" and inserting "$2,500,000" and by adding at the end of the proviso the following: "and commencing on October 1, 1998 and every year thereafter, this dollar amount shall be changed West Virginia. 43 USC 147 If. 102 Stat. 1798.
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