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[S. 511 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 720
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 511

                          [Report No. 108-361]

To provide permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2003

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

                           September 28, 2004

              Reported by Mr. Domenici, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide permanent funding for the 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 6903(c)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``The limitation for a unit of general local government 
with a population of at least 5,000 is the following amount (rounding 
the population off to the nearest thousand):</DELETED>

<DELETED>If population is less than the limitation is equal to the 
        or equals--                         population times--
        <DELETED>5,000.........................................  265.58
        <DELETED>6,000-----------..............................  242.46
        <DELETED>7,000.........................................  222.47
        <DELETED>8,000.........................................  200.98
        <DELETED>9,000-----------..............................  182.52
        <DELETED>10,000........................................  162.65
        <DELETED>11,000........................................  153.91
        <DELETED>12,000........................................  145.40
        <DELETED>13,000........................................  135.18
        <DELETED>14,000........................................  127.24
        <DELETED>15,000........................................  119.51
        <DELETED>16,000........................................  113.78
        <DELETED>17,000........................................  108.16
        <DELETED>18,000........................................  102.68
        <DELETED>19,000........................................   97.29
        <DELETED>20,000........................................   92.05
        <DELETED>21,000........................................   86.92
        <DELETED>22,000........................................   81.90
        <DELETED>23,000........................................   78.34
        <DELETED>24,000........................................   73.52
        <DELETED>25,000........................................   68.81
        <DELETED>26,000........................................   67.61
        <DELETED>27,000........................................   67.61
        <DELETED>28,000........................................   67.61
        <DELETED>29,000........................................   66.39
        <DELETED>30,000........................................   66.39
        <DELETED>31,000........................................   65.18
        <DELETED>32,000........................................   65.18
        <DELETED>33,000........................................   63.98
        <DELETED>34,000........................................   63.98
        <DELETED>35,000........................................   62.77
        <DELETED>36,000........................................   62.77
        <DELETED>37,000........................................   61.57
        <DELETED>38,000........................................   61.57
        <DELETED>39,000........................................   60.36
        <DELETED>40,000........................................   60.36
        <DELETED>41,000........................................   59.16
        <DELETED>42,000........................................   57.94
        <DELETED>43,000........................................   57.94
        <DELETED>44,000........................................   56.73
        <DELETED>45,000........................................   56.73
        <DELETED>46,000........................................   55.53
        <DELETED>47,000........................................   55.53
        <DELETED>48,000........................................   54.33
        <DELETED>49,000........................................   54.33
        <DELETED>50,000........................................   53.11

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PERMANENT FUNDING FOR PILT AND REFUGE REVENUE 
              SHARING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--Section 6906 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and each year thereafter, 
amounts authorized under this chapter shall be made available to the 
Secretary of the Interior, without further appropriation, for 
obligation or expenditure in accordance with this chapter.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Refuge Revenue Sharing.--Section 401(d) of the Act of 
June 15, 1935, as amended (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)) (related to refuge 
revenue sharing) is amended by adding at the end thereof:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Beginning in fiscal year 2003 and each year thereafter, such 
amount shall be made available to the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, for obligation or expenditure in accordance with this 
section.''.---</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING.

    (a) Payments in Lieu of Taxes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 6906. Funding
    ``For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, amounts 
authorized under this chapter shall be made available to the Secretary 
of the Interior, without further appropriation, for obligation or 
expenditure in accordance with this chapter.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The table of sections for 
        chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking the item relating to section 6906 and inserting the 
        following:

``6906. Funding.''.
    (b) Refuge Revenue Sharing.--Section 401(d) of the Act of June 15, 
1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``If the net receipts'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(1) If the net receipts''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 
amount made available under paragraph (1) shall be made available to 
the Secretary, without further appropriation, for obligation or 
expenditure in accordance with this section.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 720

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 511

                          [Report No. 108-361]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To provide permanent funding for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes program, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2004

                       Reported with an amendment