[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1456 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1456

 To fully compensate local educational agencies and local governments 
for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust 
for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an individual 
                                Indian.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2009

  Mr. Schumer 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 fully compensate local educational agencies and local governments 
for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government takes land into trust 
for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an individual 
                                Indian.

    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 ``Land-In-Trust Schools and Local 
Governments Equitable Compensation Act''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LANDS HELD IN TRUST.

    For each fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall pay each local 
        educational agency and unit of local government such amounts as 
        are necessary to ensure that such local educational agency and 
        unit of general local government receives full payment for the 
        amount of property tax revenues lost as a result of lands 
        within their jurisdiction being held in trust by the United 
        States for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe 
        or an individual Indian, to be calculated so that the taxes 
        (otherwise payable but for the status of the lands being held 
        in trust) shall be assessed and paid annually at the same rate 
        as the taxes would be assessed and paid if not in trust; and
            (2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer directly 
        to the Secretary of Interior from the general fund of the 
        Treasury, without further appropriation, such amounts as are 
        necessary, after taking into account amount appropriated for 
        this purpose, to carry out paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. PARTIAL PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LANDS HELD IN TRUST.

    Notwithstanding section 2, a local education agency or a unit of 
local government may enter into a written agreement with the Secretary 
of the Interior, the appropriate State, and, if appropriate, any 
federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian, under which all 
parties agree that the amounts described in section 2 shall be--
            (1) waived in whole or in part;
            (2) limited for an agreed upon number of years; or
            (3) otherwise adjusted, including the timing of any payment 
        or payments.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply to all lands taken into trust by the United 
States for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an 
individual Indian on or after October 1, 2008.
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