[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 683 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 683

To provide a minimum for payments with respect to counties in the State 
             of Texas from receipts from national forests.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 1995

  Mr. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide a minimum for payments with respect to counties in the State 
             of Texas from receipts from national forests.

    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 ``Texas County Minimum Payment Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT TO COUNTIES IN TEXAS FROM FOREST RECEIPTS.

    (a) In General.--In any fiscal year, the monetary amount of the 
distributive share to each county in the State of Texas from the 
payment made to the State under the Forest Receipts Act shall be the 
greater of--
            (1) the amount provided under the Act for such distributive 
        share to such county for the fiscal year; and
            (2) 85 percent of the amount of such distributive share to 
        such county in fiscal year 1993.
    (b) Adjustment of Payment to Texas to Ensure Payments to 
Counties.--In any fiscal year, the payment to the State of Texas, with 
respect to each county in the State, under the Forest Receipts Act from 
receipts from national forests shall be not less than 85 percent of the 
amount of the distributive share to such county of such payment in 
fiscal year 1993.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``Forest 
Receipts Act'' means the last undesignated paragraph under the heading 
``General Expenses, Forest Service'' under the heading ``FOREST 
SERVICE'' of the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal 
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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