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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 236

To increase Federal payments to units of general local government for

entitlement lands, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 27 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 1993

Mr. MCCAIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To increase Federal payments to units of general local

government for entitlement lands, 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) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘75 cents

9 for each acre of entitlement land’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘$1.65 for each acre of entitlement land’’; and
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1 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘10 cents

2 for each acre of entitlement land’’ and inserting ‘‘22

3 cents for each acre of entitlement land’’.

4 (b) INCREASE IN POPULATION CAP.—Section

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

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$50 times

7 the population’’ and inserting ‘‘$110 times the popu8 lation’’; and

9 (2) by amending the table at the end to read

10 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
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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.’’.

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 the following new sub4 section:

5 ‘‘(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall, on October

6 1, 1993, and each October 1 thereafter, adjust each dollar

7 amount specified in subsections (b) and (c) to reflect

8 changes in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bu9 reau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, for

10 the 12 months ending the preceding June 30.’’.

11 SEC. 3. LAND EXCHANGES.

12 Section 6902(b) of title 31, United States Code, is

13 amended by striking ‘‘acquisition.’’ and inserting ‘‘acquisi14 tion, and does not apply to payments for lands conveyed

15 to the United States in exchange for Federal lands.’’.

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