[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2759 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2759

To amend the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 to provide for the 
 use of certain fees and receipts collected under that Act for public 
schools and public roads in the vicinity of Midewin National Tallgrass 
                           Prairie, Illinois.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2000

  Mr. Durbin 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 Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 to provide for the 
 use of certain fees and receipts collected under that Act for public 
schools and public roads in the vicinity of Midewin National Tallgrass 
                           Prairie, Illinois.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF CERTAIN FEES AND RECEIPTS COLLECTED WITH RESPECT TO 
              MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

    Section 2915(f) of the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995 
(title XXIX of Public Law 104-106; 16 U.S.C. 1609 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(f) Treatment of User Fees and Salvage 
        Receipts.--Monies'' and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Treatment of User Fees and Salvage Receipts.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        monies''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Use of Certain Amounts.--Of the monies collected 
        pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) each year, the Secretary of 
        the Treasury shall make available to the State of Illinois an 
        amount equal to 25 percent of such monies in accordance with 
        the sixth paragraph under the heading `FOREST SERVICE' in the 
        Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500), for expenditure for the 
        benefit of public schools and public roads as specified in that 
        paragraph.''.
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