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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act · Sec. 15

Sec. 15. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS

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## SEC. 15 ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS ###
(a)14-Year There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for payments to the State $20,000,000 for each of the 14 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1998. The authorization of appropriations for funds for payments to the State under the preceding sentence shall be separate from any authorization of appropriations of funds for WIPP. ###
(b)Subsequent Authorizations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, for payments to the State for any fiscal year after the last fiscal year to which subsection
(a)applies, such sums as the Congress may, by law, authorize to be appropriated. ###
(c)Inflation Adjustment ####
(1)In general In the case of any fiscal year after the first fiscal year to which subsection
(a)applies, the dollar amount specified in such subsection shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, by an amount equal to— #####
(A)such dollar amount; multiplied by #####
(B)the inflation increase or decrease determined under paragraph (2). ####
(2)Calculation of inflation increase or decrease For purposes of paragraph (1), the inflation increase or decrease for any fiscal year is the percentage (if any) by which the inflation index for the preceding fiscal year is greater than or less than, as the case may be, the inflation index for the fiscal year prior to the first fiscal year to which subsection
(a)applies. ####
(3)Inflation index For purposes of paragraph (2), the inflation index for any fiscal year is the average of the Consumer Price Index (as published by the Department of Labor) for the 12 months in such fiscal year. ###
(d)Eligible Assistance A portion of the payments under this section— ####
(1)shall be made available to units of local government in Lea and Eddy counties in the State; and ####
(2)may also be provided for independent environmental assessment and economic studies associated with WIPP.
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