109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2337
To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 2005
Mrs. CUBIN (for herself and Mr. CANNON) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on 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 `Federal Land Compensation Act'.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REVENUE SHARING.
(a) Payments in Lieu of Taxes- Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
`Amounts authorized under this chapter shall be made available to the Secretary
of the Interior, out of any other funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
and without further appropriation, for obligation or expenditure in accordance
with this chapter as follows:
`(1) For fiscal year 2006, 80 percent of the amount authorized under this
chapter in the prior fiscal year.
`(2) For fiscal year 2007, 90 percent of the amount authorized under this
chapter in the prior fiscal year.
`(3) For fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, 100 percent
of the amount authorized under this chapter in the prior fiscal year.'.
(b) Refuge Revenue Sharing- Section 401(d) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 715s(d)), relating to refuge revenue sharing, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
`Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary, out of any other funds
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and without further appropriation,
for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this section as follows:
`(1) For fiscal year 2006, 80 percent of the amount authorized under this
chapter in the prior fiscal year.
`(2) For fiscal year 2007, 90 percent of the amount authorized under this
chapter in the prior fiscal year.
`(3) For fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal year thereafter, 100 percent
of the amount authorized under this chapter in the prior fiscal year.'.
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