[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 788 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 788

To provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2005

  Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Salazar) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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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,

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:
``Sec. 6906. Authorization of appropriations
    ``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 2006 and each fiscal 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 (16 U.S.C. 715s(d)), relating to refuge revenue sharing, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Beginning in fiscal year 
2006 and each fiscal 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.''.
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