Sec. 5. Additional payments
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Section 6904 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through
(b)The Secretary and inserting the following: In addition to payments the Secretary of the Interior makes under section 6902, the Secretary of the Interior shall make payments for each fiscal year to a unit of general local government subject to the requirements of this section. In addition to payments the Secretary of the Interior makes under section 6902, the Secretary shall make a payment for each fiscal year to a unit of general local government collecting and distributing real property taxes (including a unit in the State of Alaska outside the boundaries of an organized borough) in which is located an interest in land that— the Federal Government acquires for— the National Park System; the National Wilderness Preservation System; or the National Wildlife Refuge System; and was subject to local real property taxes during the 5-year period ending on the date on which the interest is acquired. The Secretary ; in subsection (c)— in the third sentence, by striking subsection
(a)of this section and inserting paragraph
(1); and by striking
(c)Each yearly and inserting the following: Each yearly ; by striking subsection
(d)and inserting the following: The Secretary may promulgate regulations under which payments may be made to units of general local government when paragraphs
(1)and
(2)will not carry out the purpose of those paragraphs. ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 6903 and subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of the Interior shall adjust the applicable limitation described in section 6903(c) for a unit of general local government that— receives a payment under section 6902; and uses that payment for entitlement land that is— a unit of the National Park System; a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System that is not land described in clause
(i)or (ii). Notwithstanding section 6903, the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment to a unit of general local government that received amounts during fiscal year 2013 under— the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ); or section 401(c)(2) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (commonly known as the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act ) ( 16 U.S.C. 715s(c)(2) ). The adjusted limitation under paragraph
(1)shall be an amount equal to the sum of— the applicable limitation for the unit of general local government described in section 6903(c); and the product obtained by multiplying— the quantity of acres of entitlement land of the unit of general local government that is (as applicable)— a unit of the National Park System; a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System; or a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System that is not land described in item
(aa)or (bb); and 1/2 of the applicable per-acre amount for the unit of general local government described in section 6903(b)(1) for the fiscal year. The additional payment under paragraph
(2)shall be an amount equal to the difference between— the sum of— the amount received by the unit of general local government for fiscal year 2013 under this chapter; 95 percent of the amount received by the unit of local government for fiscal year 2013 under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and the amount authorized to be received by the unit of general local government for fiscal year 2013 under section 401(c)(2) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (commonly known as the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act ) ( 16 U.S.C. 715s(c)(2) ); and the sum of— the applicable amount for the unit of general local government described in section 6903(c); and the applicable amount for the unit of general local government calculated under subparagraph (A). The limitation under this chapter for a unit of general local government that receives a payment under paragraph
(1)shall not exceed the lesser of— 3 times the applicable limitation specified in section 6903(c)(2) for the unit of general local government; and the limitation specified in section 6903(c)(2) for a unit of general local government with a population of 50,000. .
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