Sec. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PAYMENTS
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## SEC. 7 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PAYMENTS Section 2 of Public Law 96-586 (94 Stat. 3381) is amended by striking subsection
(g)and inserting the following: > > ### “(g) Payments to Localities > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary of Agriculture shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, make annual payments to the governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions (including any public utility the service area of which includes any part of the Lake Tahoe basin), any portion of which is located in the area depicted on the final map filed under section 3(a). > > > #### “(2) Use of payments > > Payments under this subsection may be used— > > > ##### “(A) > > first, for erosion control and water quality projects; and > > > ##### “(B) > > second, unless emergency projects arise, for projects to address other threshold categories after thresholds for water quality and soil conservation have been achieved and maintained. > > > #### “(3) Eligibility for payments > > > ##### “(A) In general > > To be eligible for a payment under this subsection, a political subdivision shall annually submit a priority list of proposed projects to the Secretary of Agriculture. > > > ##### “(B) Components of list > > A priority list under subparagraph
(A)shall include, for each proposed project listed— > > > ###### “(i) > > a description of the need for the project; > > > ###### “(ii) > > all projected costs and benefits; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > a detailed budget. > > > ##### “(C) Use of payments > > A payment under this subsection shall be used only to carry out a project or proposed project that is part of the environmental improvement program adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in February 1998 and amendments to the program. > > > ##### “(D) Federal obligation > > All projects funded under this subsection shall be part of Federal obligation under the environmental improvement program. > > > #### “(4) Division of funds > > > ##### “(A) In general > > The total amounts appropriated for payments under this subsection shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agriculture based on the relative need for and merits of projects proposed for payment under this section. > > > ##### “(B) Minimum > > To the maximum extent practicable, for each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that each political subdivision in the Lake Tahoe basin receives amounts appropriated for payments under this subsection. > > > #### “(5) Authorization of appropriations > > In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 6 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, there is authorized to be appropriated for making payments under this subsection $10,000,000 for the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and for each of the 9 fiscal years thereafter.” > .
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