PILT and SRS Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-5084
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-23
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations

Property tax

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>PILT and SRS Certainty Act </strong></p> <p>This bill appropriates funds to carry out the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program for the first full fiscal year after the enactment of this bill and for each of the following four fiscal years. This program compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries. </p> <p>The bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to extend payment and project authorities for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program for five years. This program provides payments to states to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands within their jurisdiction. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5084 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 23, 2018 Mr. Polis (for himself and Mr. Meadows ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 amend section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, to provide funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program for an additional five years, to provide a five-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PILT and SRS Certainty Act . 2. Mandatory funding for PILT program Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 6906. Funding There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this chapter, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, $465,000,000 for the first full fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this section and for each of the four fiscal years thereafter. . 3. Five-year extension of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 reflecting recent extension covering fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (a) Extension of payment authority The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended— (1) in section 101 ( 16 U.S.C. 7111 ), by striking 2015 both places it appears and inserting 2020 ; (2) in section 102(b)(2)(B) ( 16 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(B) ), by striking 2015 the second place it appears and inserting 2020 ; and (3) in section 103(d)(2) ( 16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2) ), by striking 2015 and inserting 2020 . (b) Extension of Special project authority Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7128 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2017 and inserting 2022 ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 . (c) Extension of county project authority Section 304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7144 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking 2017 and inserting 2022 ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 .