108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 511
To provide permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 4, 2003
Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. REID) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `PILT and Revenue Refuge Sharing Permanent Funding
Act'.
SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS.
Section 6903(c)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
`The limitation for a unit of general local government with a population of
at least 5,000 is the following amount (rounding the population off to the
nearest thousand):
If population is less than or equals--
the limitation is equal to the population times--
5,000
--265.58
6,000-----------
--242.46
7,000
--222.47
8,000
--200.98
9,000-----------
--182.52
10,000
--162.65
11,000
--153.91
12,000
--145.40
13,000
--135.18
14,000
--127.24
15,000
--119.51
16,000
--113.78
17,000
--108.16
18,000
--102.68
19,000
--97.29
20,000
--92.05
21,000
--86.92
22,000
--81.90
23,000
--78.34
24,000
--73.52
25,000
--68.81
26,000
--67.61
27,000
--67.61
28,000
--67.61
29,000
--66.39
30,000
--66.39
31,000
--65.18
32,000
--65.18
33,000
--63.98
34,000
--63.98
35,000
--62.77
36,000
--62.77
37,000
--61.57
38,000
--61.57
39,000
--60.36
40,000
--60.36
41,000
--59.16
42,000
--57.94
43,000
--57.94
44,000
--56.73
45,000
--56.73
46,000
--55.53
47,000
--55.53
48,000
--54.33
49,000
--54.33
50,000
--53.11
SEC. 3. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REVENUE SHARING.
(a) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES- Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
`Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and each year thereafter, amounts authorized
under this chapter shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior,
without further appropriation, for obligation or expenditure in accordance
with this chapter.'.
(b) REFUGE REVENUE SHARING- Section 401(d) of the Act of June 15, 1935, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)) (related to refuge revenue sharing) is amended
by adding at the end thereof:
`Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and each year thereafter, such amount shall
be made available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, for obligation
or expenditure in accordance with this section.'.---
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry
out this Act.
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