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 ‘‘Land-In-Trust Impact 
Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPACT AID FOR CERTAIN LANDS HELD IN TRUST. 
Section 8002 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7702) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LANDS HELD IN 
TRUST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year that 
begins after the date of enactment of the Land-In- 
Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008, a 
local educational agency will have met the require-
ments of subsections (a)(1)(C) and (a)(2) if the 
Federal property in the local educational agency is 
land held in trust by the United States for the ben-
efit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or an indi-
vidual Indian. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY FUNDING IF APPROPRIATIONS 
INSUFFICIENT.—For each fiscal year that begins 
after the date of enactment of the Land-In-Trust 
Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act of 2008, after the 
application of subsection (h), the Secretary of the 
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Treasury shall transfer directly to the Secretary of 
Education from the general fund of the Treasury, 
without further appropriation, such further amounts 
as are necessary to ensure that each local edu-
cational agency described in paragraph 1 receives 
full payment under this section with respect to the 
Federal property in the local education agency that 
is land described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 3. PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LANDS HELD IN TRUST. 
(a) LANDS HELD
IN TRUST
AS ENTITLEMENT 
LAND.—Section 6901(1) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G) by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (H) by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) that is held in trust by the United 
States for the benefit of a federally recognized 
Indian tribe or an individual Indian.’’. 
(b) MANDATORY PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LANDS 
HELD IN TRUST.—Chapter 69 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 6908 MANDATORY PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN LANDS 
HELD IN TRUST. 
‘‘Before making any other payments under this chap-
ter from the amount appropriated for this chapter, for 
each fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment 
of the Land-In-Trust Impact Aid and PILT Equity Act 
of 2008, the Secretary of the Interior shall pay each unit 
of general local government such amounts as are necessary 
to ensure that such unit of general local government re-
ceives full payment under this chapter for the entitlement 
land described in section 6901(1)(I) that is located within 
such unit of general local government.’’. 
Æ 
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