[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 761 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 761

   To amend the ``unit of general local government'' definition for 
 Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in 
                                Alaska.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES



 Mr. Stevens (for himself and Mr. Murkowski) 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 amend the ``unit of general local government'' definition for 
 Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in 
                                Alaska.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    That notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 6(c) of 
Public Law 94-565 (31 U.S.C. 6901(2)), as amended by Public Law 98-63 
(97 stat. 323), is further amended by:
            (1) striking the phrase ``borough existing in Alaska on 
        October 20, 1976'' and inserting in lieu thereof'' any 
        organized or unorganized borough in Alaska''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``general statistical purposes.'' 
        the following new sentence: ``The boundary of any unorganized 
        borough in Alaska shall be the same as the census area 
        boundaries used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial 
        census.''.

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