Sec. 6901. 6902. 6903. 6904. 6905. 6906. 6907. E. Payments for Entitlement Land [Chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code.] CHAPTER 69-PAYMENT FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND Redwood National Park and the Lake Tahoe Basin. Authorization of appropriations. State legislation requiring reallocation or redistribution of payments to smaller units of general purpose government. $6901. Definitions In this chapter (1) "entitlement land" means land owned by the United States Government (A) that is in the National Park System or the National Forest System, including wilderness areas and lands described in section 2 of the Act of June 22, 1948 (16 U.S.C. 577d), and section 1 of the Act of June 22, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 577d-1); (B) the Secretary of the Interior administers through the Bureau of Land Management; (C) dedicated to the use of the Government for water resource development projects; (D) on which are located semi-active or inactive installations (except industrial installations) that the Secretary of the Army keeps for mobilization and for reserve component training; (E) that is a dredge disposal area under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army; (F) that is located in the vicinity of Purgatory River Canyon and Pinon Canyon, Colorado, and acquired after December 23, 1981, by the United States Government to expand the Fort Carson military installation; or (G) that is a reserve area (as defined in section 401(g)(3) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s(g)(3))). (2)(A) "unit of general local government" means (i) a county (or parish), township, borough, or city where the city is independent of any other unit of general local government, that (I) is within the class or classes of such political subdivision in a State that the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, determines to be the principal provider or providers of governmental services within the State; and (II) is a unit of general government, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior on the basis of the same principles as were used by the Secretary of Commerce on January 1, 1983, for general statistical purposes; (ii) any area in Alaska that is within the boundaries of a census area used by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial census, but that is not included within the boundary of a governmental entity described under clause (i); (iii) the District of Columbia; (iv) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (v) Guam; and (vi) the Virgin Islands. (B) the term "governmental services" includes, but is not limited to, those services that relate to public safety, the environment, housing, social services, transportation, and governmental administration. § 6902. Authority and Eligibility (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which entitlement land is located as set forth in this chapter. A unit of general local government may use the payment for any governmental purpose. (2) For each unit of general local government described in section 6901(2)(A)(ii), the Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to the State of Alaska for entitlement land located within such unit as set forth in this chapter. The State of Alaska shall distribute such payment to home rule cities and general law cities (as such cities are defined by the State) located within the boundaries of the unit of general local government for which the payment was received. Such cities may use monies received under this paragraph for any governmental purpose. (b) A unit of general local government may not receive a payment for land for which payment under this Act otherwise may be received if the land was owned or administered by a State or unit of general local government and was exempt from real estate taxes when the land was conveyed to the United States except that a unit of general local government may receive a payment for (1) land a State or unit of general local government acquires from a private party to donate to the United States within 8 years of acquisition; (2) land acquired by a State through an exchange with the United States if such land was entitlement land as defined by this chapter; or (3) land in Utah acquired by the United States for Federal land, royalties, or other assets if, at the time of such acquisition, a unit of general local government was entitled under applicable State law to receive payments in lieu of taxes from the State of Utah for such land: Provided, however, That no payment under this paragraph shall exceed the payment that would have been made under State law if such land had not been acquired. § 6903. Payments (a) In this section (1) "payment law" means (A) the Act of June 20, 1910 (ch. 310, 36 Stat. 557); (B) section 33 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012); (C) the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500); (D) section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1948 (16 U.S.C. 577g, 577g-1); (E) section 401(c)(2) of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s(c)(2)); (F) section 17 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 810); (G) section 35 of the Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 191); (H) section 6 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355); (I) section 3 of the Act of July 31, 1947 (30 U.S.C. 603); and (J) section 10 of the Act of June 28, 1934 (known as the Taylor Grazing Act) (43 U.S.C. 315i). (2) population shall be determined on the same basis that the Secretary of Commerce determines resident population for general statistical purposes. (3) a unit of general local government may not be credited with a population of more than 50,000. (b)(1) A payment under section 6902 of this title is equal to the greater of (A) 93 cents during fiscal year 1995, $1.11 during fiscal year 1996, $1.29 during fiscal year 1997, $1.47 during fiscal year 1998, and $1.65 during fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, for each acre of entitlement land located within a unit of general local government (but not more than the limitation determined under subsection (c) of this section) reduced (but not below 0) by amounts the unit received in the prior fiscal year under a payment law; or (B) 12 cents during fiscal year 1995, 15 cents during fiscal year 1996, 17 cents during fiscal year 1997, 20 cents during fiscal year 1998, and 22 cents during fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, for each acre of entitlement land located in the unit (but not more than the limitation determined under subsection (c) of this section). (2) The chief executive officer of a State shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a statement on the amounts of payments the State transfers to each unit of general local government in the State out of amounts received under a payment law. (c)(1) The limitation for a unit of general local government with a population of not more than 4,999 is the highest dollar amount (2) The limitation for a unit of general local government with a population of at least 5,000 is the following amount (rounding the population off to the nearest thousand): Pursuant to the Payments In Lieu of Taxes Act (P.L. 103-397): During fiscal year 1996, the table at the end of section 6903(c)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: the limitation is equal to the population times$74.00 69.50 65.00 |