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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1185
To modify the requirements for paying Federal timber sale receipts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1999
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
A BILL
To modify the requirements for paying Federal timber sale
receipts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Timber-Dependent
Counties Stabilization Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. SHARING OF FOREST SERVICE TIMBER SALE RE-
CEIPTS.
(a) PAYMENTS.—
(1) FISCAL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2004.—In lieu
of making the 25-percent payments to States for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall pay to each State that
is otherwise eligible to receive those payments the
special payment amount determined for that State.
(2) FISCAL YEARS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2004.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each fiscal year
after fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay to each State that is other-
wise eligible for the 25-percent payments to
States, as elected by the State, either—
(i) the special payment amount deter-
mined for that State, in lieu of the 25-per-
cent payments to States otherwise applica-
ble for that State; or
(ii) the 25-percent payments to States
applicable for that State.
(B) ELECTION.—The election under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be made by the Governor
of a State only once, for all fiscal years after
fiscal year 2004, by not later than 5 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act. If the
Governor of a State fails to make the election
by that date, the State is deemed to have elect-
ed the payment described in subparagraph
(A)(i) for all fiscal years after fiscal year 2004.
(3) EXPENDITURE BY STATES.—Amounts paid
to a State under this subsection shall be expended
by the State in the same manner in which 25-per-
cent payments to States are required to be ex-
pended.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(1) 25-PERCENT PAYMENTS TO STATES.—The
term ‘‘25-percent payments to States’’ means the
25-percent payments authorized by the Act of May
23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; 16 U.S.C.
500) for the benefit of counties in which national
forests are situated, as in effect immediately before
the date of the enactment of this section.
(2) SPECIAL
PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The term
‘‘special payment amount’’ means, for a State, the
amount equal to—
(A) 76 percent, multiplied by
(B) the amount equal to—
(i) the total amount of 25-per-
cent payments to States made to the
State for the 3 fiscal years (whether
or not consecutive) for which those
payments were the highest in the pe-
riod beginning October 1, 1985, and
ending September 30, 1995, divided
by
(ii) 3.
The amount described in this paragraph shall be ad-
justed to reflect changes in the consumer price index
for urban areas (as published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics) that occur after publication of that
index for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 3. SHARING OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TIM-
BER SALE RECEIPTS.
(a) PAYMENTS.—
(1) FISCAL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2004.—In lieu
of making the 50-percent payments to counties for
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall pay to each county that
is otherwise eligible to receive those payments the
special payment amount determined for that county.
(2) FISCAL YEARS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2004.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each fiscal year
after fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay to each county that is other-
wise eligible to receive the 50-percent payments
to counties, as elected by the county, either—
U.S.C. 1181f–1 et seq.), as in effect immediately be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section.
(2) SPECIAL
PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The term
‘‘special payment amount’’ means the amount equal
to—
(A) 76 percent, multiplied by
(B) the amount equal to—
(i) the total amount of 50-per-
cent payments to counties made to the
county for the 3 fiscal years (whether
or not consecutive) for which those
payments were the highest in the pe-
riod beginning October 1, 1985, and
ending September 30, 1995, divided
by
(ii) 3.
The amount described in this paragraph shall be ad-
justed to reflect changes in the consumer price index
for urban areas (as published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics) that occur after publication of that
index for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1993 (Public Law 103–66) is amended by striking
chapter 4 (107 Stat. 681–682).
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