[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 454 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 467
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 454

                          [Report No. 107-190]

To provide permanent funding for the Bureau of Land Management Payment 
            in Lieu of Taxes program and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2001

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Reid, Mr. Leahy, 
  Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hatch, Ms. Cantwell, and 
  Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                             June 28, 2002

              Reported by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide permanent funding for the Bureau of Land Management Payment 
            in Lieu of Taxes program 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing 
Permanent Funding Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REVENUE SHARING.

    (a) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--Section 6906 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
        be necessary to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this 
        chapter. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and each year 
        thereafter, amounts authorized under this chapter shall be made 
        available to the Secretary of the Interior, out of any other 
        funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and without 
        further appropriation, for obligation or expenditure in 
        accordance with this chapter.''.
    (b) Refuge Revenue Sharing.--Section 401(d) of the Act of June 15, 
1935, as amended (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)) (relating to refuge revenue 
sharing), is amended by adding at the end thereof:
        ``Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and each year thereafter, such 
        amount shall be made available to the Secretary, out of any 
        other funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and 
        without further appropriation, for obligation or expenditure in 
        accordance with this section.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 467

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 454

                          [Report No. 107-190]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To provide permanent funding for the Bureau of Land Management Payment 
            in Lieu of Taxes program and for other purposes.

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                             June 28, 2002

                       Reported without amendment