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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.

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

A BILL

To increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes to units of

general local government, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT

4 LANDS.

5 (a) INCREASE BASED ON CONSUMER PRICE

6 INDEX.—Section 6903(b)(1) of title 31, United States

7 Code, is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘75 cents for each acre of enti9 tlement land’’ and inserting ‘‘$1.65 for each acre of

10 entitlement land’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘10 cents for each acre of enti2 tlement land’’ and inserting ‘‘22 cents for each acre

3 of entitlement land’’.

4 (b) INCREASE IN POPULATION CAP.—Section

5 6903(c)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘$50 times the population’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘$110 times the population’’; and

8 (2) by amending the table at the end thereof to

9 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
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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

1 SEC. 2. INDEXING OF PILT PAYMENTS FOR INFLATION.

2 Section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, is

3 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

4 subsection:

5 ‘‘(e) For each fiscal year beginning after the date of

6 enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Interior

7 shall, not later than July 1 of that year, adjust the amount

8 of payments made under subsection (b) (1) or (2) to re9 flect changes in the rate of inflation as measured by the

10 Consumer Price Index.’’.

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