[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 236 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 236

 To increase Federal payments to units of general local government for 
               entitlement lands, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 27 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase Federal payments to units of general local government for 
               entitlement lands, 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. INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT LANDS.

    (a) Increase Based on Consumer Price Index.--Section 6903(b)(1) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``75 cents for each 
        acre of entitlement land'' and inserting ``$1.65 for each acre 
        of entitlement land''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``10 cents for each 
        acre of entitlement land'' and inserting ``22 cents for each 
        acre of entitlement land''.
    (b) Increase in Population Cap.--Section 6903(c) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$50 times the 
        population'' and inserting ``$110 times the population''; and
            (2) by amending the table at the end to read as follows:
          
                                                         the limitation
          
                                                        is equal to the
          
                                                             population
          ``If population equals--
                                                                times--
                     5,000...........................            110.00
                     6,000...........................            103.00
                     7,000...........................             97.00
                     8,000...........................             90.00
                     9,000...........................             84.00
                    10,000...........................             77.00
                    11,000...........................             75.00
                    12,000...........................             73.00
                    13,000...........................             70.00
                    14,000...........................             68.00
                    15,000...........................             66.00
                    16,000...........................             65.00
                    17,000...........................             64.00
                    18,000...........................             63.00
                    19,000...........................             62.00
                    20,000...........................             61.00
                    21,000...........................             60.00
                    22,000...........................             59.00
                    23,000...........................             59.00
                    24,000...........................             58.00
                    25,000...........................             57.00
                    26,000...........................             56.00
                    27,000...........................             56.00
                    28,000...........................             56.00
                    29,000...........................             55.00
                    30,000...........................             55.00
                    31,000...........................             54.00
                    32,000...........................             54.00
                    33,000...........................             53.00
                    34,000...........................             53.00
                    35,000...........................             52.00
                    36,000...........................             52.00
                    37,000...........................             51.00
                    38,000...........................             51.00
                    39,000...........................             50.00
                    40,000...........................             50.00
                    41,000...........................             49.00
                    42,000...........................             48.00
                    43,000...........................             48.00
                    44,000...........................             47.00
                    45,000...........................             47.00
                    46,000...........................             46.00
                    47,000...........................             46.00
                    48,000...........................             45.00
                    49,000...........................             45.00
                    50,000...........................         44.00.''.

SEC. 2. INDEXING OF PILT PAYMENTS FOR INFLATION.

    Section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall, on October 1, 1993, and 
each October 1 thereafter, adjust each dollar amount specified in 
subsections (b) and (c) to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index 
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, 
for the 12 months ending the preceding June 30.''.

SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGES.

    Section 6902(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``acquisition.'' and inserting ``acquisition, and does not 
apply to payments for lands conveyed to the United States in exchange 
for Federal lands.''.

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