[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2844 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2844

 To amend provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 
  that relate to timber sales, to provide more equitable payments to 
   States for the benefit of counties in which national forests are 
                               situated.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 1997

  Mr. Fazio of California (for himself and Mr. Dooley of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 
  that relate to timber sales, to provide more equitable payments to 
   States for the benefit of counties in which national forests are 
                               situated.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROVIDING EQUITABLE PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF 
              COUNTIES IN WHICH NATIONAL FORESTS ARE SITUATED.

    Section 13982 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``and that are 
        affected'' and all that follows through the end of the sentence 
        and inserting a period; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) Amount of payments.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each of fiscal years 1998 
                through 2003, the payment to each State for the benefit 
                of each county in the State referred to in paragraph 
                (1) shall be equal to the sum of the payments for each 
                county in the State as calculated under subparagraph 
                (B).
                    ``(B) Payments for counties.--The payment for each 
                county referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be equal 
                to the greater of--
                            ``(i) the special payment amount for the 
                        county; or
                            ``(ii) the share of the 25-percent payments 
                        to States allocable to the county.''.
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