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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1181 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1181

To increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes to units of general local 
                  government, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1993

Mr. Williams (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. 
   LaRocco) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
To increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes to units of general local 
                  government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT LANDS.

    (a) Increase Based on Consumer Price Index.--Section 6903(b)(1) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``75 cents for each acre of entitlement 
        land'' and inserting ``$1.65 for each acre of entitlement 
        land''; and
            (2) by striking ``10 cents for each acre of entitlement 
        land'' and inserting ``22 cents for each acre of entitlement 
        land''.
    (b) Increase in Population Cap.--Section 6903(c)(1) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$50 times the population'' and inserting 
        ``$110 times the population''; and
            (2) by amending the table at the end thereof to read as 
        follows:
          
                                                         the limitation
          
                                                        is equal to the
          
                                                             population
          If population equals--
                                                                times--
                     5,000...........................            110.00
                     6,000...........................            103.00
                     7,000...........................             97.00
                     8,000...........................             90.00
                     9,000...........................             84.00
                    10,000...........................             77.00
                    11,000...........................             75.00
                    12,000...........................             73.00
                    13,000...........................             70.00
                    14,000...........................             68.00
                    15,000...........................             66.00
                    16,000...........................             65.00
                    17,000...........................             64.00
                    18,000...........................             63.00
                    19,000...........................             62.00
                    20,000...........................             61.00
                    21,000...........................             60.00
                    22,000...........................             59.00
                    23,000...........................             59.00
                    24,000...........................             58.00
                    25,000...........................             57.00
                    26,000...........................             56.00
                    27,000...........................             56.00
                    28,000...........................             56.00
                    29,000...........................             55.00
                    30,000...........................             55.00
                    31,000...........................             54.00
                    32,000...........................             54.00
                    33,000...........................             53.00
                    34,000...........................             53.00
                    35,000...........................             52.00
                    36,000...........................             52.00
                    37,000...........................             51.00
                    38,000...........................             51.00
                    39,000...........................             50.00
                    40,000...........................             50.00
                    41,000...........................             49.00
                    42,000...........................             48.00
                    43,000...........................             48.00
                    44,000...........................             47.00
                    45,000...........................             47.00
                    46,000...........................             46.00
                    47,000...........................             46.00
                    48,000...........................             45.00
                    49,000...........................             45.00
                    50,000...........................             44.00

SEC. 2. INDEXING OF PILT PAYMENTS FOR INFLATION.

    Section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection:
    ``(e) For each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall, not later than 
July 1 of that year, adjust the amount of payments made under 
subsection (b) (1) or (2) to reflect changes in the rate of inflation 
as measured by the Consumer Price Index.''.

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