[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 8, 1994]
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                    UNORGANIZED BOROUGHS ACT OF 1994

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 761) to amend the 
``unit of general local government'' definition for Federal payments in 
lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in Alaska, which had been 
reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with 
amendments; as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
       [That notwithstanding]
       Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     section 6(c) of Public Law 94-565 (31 U.S.C. 6901(2)), as 
     amended by Public Law 98-63 (97 stat. 323), is further 
     amended by:
       (1) striking the phrase ``borough existing in Alaska on 
     October 20, 1976'' and inserting in lieu thereof'' any 
     organized or unorganized borough in Alaska''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``general statistical purposes.'' 
     the following new sentence: ``The boundary of any unorganized 
     borough in Alaska shall be the same as the census area 
     boundaries used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial 
     census.''.
       Sec. 2. Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and 
     transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the United States Senate and to the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives a study assessing whether or not units of 
     government most directly affected by the loss of tax 
     revenues, including but not limited to school districts, 
     receive an equitable share of payments upon the expiration of 
     payments pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6904. The study shall include 
     any recommendations the Secretary deems desirable based on 
     the findings of the study.

  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  So the bill (S. 761) as amended, was deemed read a third time and 
passed, as follows:

                                 S. 761

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
       Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     section 6(c) of Public Law 94-565 (31 U.S.C. 6901(2)), as 
     amended by Public Law 98-63 (97 Stat. 323), is further 
     amended by:
       (1) striking the phrase ``borough existing in Alaska on 
     October 20, 1976'' and inserting in lieu thereof'' any 
     organized or unorganized borough in Alaska''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``general statistical purposes.'' 
     the following new sentence: ``The boundary of any unorganized 
     borough in Alaska shall be the same as the census area 
     boundaries used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial 
     census.''.
       Sec. 2. Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and 
     transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
     the United States Senate and to the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives a study assessing whether or not units of 
     government most directly affected by the loss of tax 
     revenues, including but not limited to school districts, 
     receive an equitable share of payments upon the expiration of 
     payments pursuant to section 6904 of title 31, United States 
     Code. The study shall include any recommendations the 
     Secretary deems desirable based on the findings of the study.

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