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31 U.S.C. § 6904 — Additional payments

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31 U.S.C. § 6904 — Additional payments

**(a)** In addition to payments the Secretary of the Interior makes under [section 6902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6902&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall make a payment for each fiscal year to a unit of general local government collecting and distributing real property taxes (including a unit in Alaska outside the boundaries of an organized borough) in which is located an interest in land that— (1) the United States Government acquires for— (A) the National Park System; or (B) the National Forest Wilderness Areas; and (2) was subject to local real property taxes within the 5-year period before the interest is acquired. **(b)** The Secretary shall make payments only for the 5 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the interest in land is acquired. Under guidelines the Secretary prescribes, the unit of general local government receiving the payment from the Secretary shall distribute payments proportionally to units and school districts that lost real property taxes because of the acquisition of the interest. A unit receiving a distribution may use a payment for any governmental purpose. **(c)** Each yearly payment by the Secretary under this section is equal to one percent of the fair market value of the interest in land on the date the Government acquires the interest. However, a payment may not be more than the amount of real property taxes levied on the property during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the interest is acquired. A decision on fair market value under this section may not include an increase in the value of an interest because the land is rezoned when the rezoning causes the increase after the date of enactment of a law authorizing the acquisition o

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**(a)** In addition to payments the Secretary of the Interior makes under [section 6902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6902&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall make a payment for each fiscal year to a unit of general local government collecting and distributing real property taxes (including a unit in Alaska outside the boundaries of an organized borough) in which is located an interest in land that— (1) the United States Government acquires for— (A) the National Park System; or (B) the National Forest Wilderness Areas; and (2) was subject to local real property taxes within the 5-year period before the interest is acquired. **(b)** The Secretary shall make payments only for the 5 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the interest in land is acquired. Under guidelines the Secretary prescribes, the unit of general local government receiving the payment from the Secretary shall distribute payments proportionally to units and school districts that lost real property taxes because of the acquisition of the interest. A unit receiving a distribution may use a payment for any governmental purpose. **(c)** Each yearly payment by the Secretary under this section is equal to one percent of the fair market value of the interest in land on the date the Government acquires the interest. However, a payment may not be more than the amount of real property taxes levied on the property during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the interest is acquired. A decision on fair market value under this section may not include an increase in the value of an interest because the land is rezoned when the rezoning causes the increase after the date of enactment of a law authorizing the acquisition of an interest under subsection (a) of this section. **(d)** The Secretary may prescribe regulations under which payments may be made to units of general local government when subsections (a) and (b) of this section will not carry out the purpose of subsections (a) and (b).

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31 U.S.C. § 6902 — Authority and Eligibility 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

**(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 22 So in original. Probably should be “this chapter”. 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 und

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16 U.S.C. § 460aaa–2 — Administration

**(a) Administration** Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall administer the national recreation area in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the National Forest System in furtherance of the purposes for which the national recreation area was established. **(b) Special management requirements** The national recreation area also shall be administered according to the following special management requirements: (1) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary, including the protection of threatened and endangered species and the protection of other natural, cultural, and scenic values, owners of privately owned land and homes within the national recreation area shall be afforded access across National Forest System lands. (2) Consistent with [section 460aaa–6 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section460aaa-6&num=0&edition=prelim), and the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary shall provide for and maintain traditional public access, including vehicular roads for general recreational activities such as camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and trapping. (3) The Secretary shall permit the use of snowmobiles on Federal lands in the national recreation area in accordance with the rules and regulations of the National Forest System and consistent with the management plan developed pursuant to [section 460aaa–6 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section460aaa-6&num=0&edition=prelim). Such use shall be regulated to protect the resources of the national recreation area in a way that minimizes the degradation of these resources. (4)

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31 U.S.C. § 6905 — Redwood National Park and the Lake Tahoe Basin

**(a)** The Secretary of the Interior shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which an interest in land owned by the United States Government in the Redwood National Park is located. A unit may use the payment for any governmental purpose. The payment shall be made as provided in [section 6903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6903&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall include an amount payable under section 6903. **(b)** (1) In addition to payments the Secretary makes under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall make a payment for each fiscal year to each unit of general local government in which is located an interest in land— (A) owned by the Government in the Redwood National Park; or (B) acquired in the Lake Tahoe Basin under the Act of December 23, 1980 (Public Law 96–586, 94 Stat. 3383). (2) The payment shall be made as provided in [section 6904 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section6904&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall include an amount payable under section 6904. However, an amount computed but not paid because of the first sentence of subsection (b) and the 2d sentence of subsection (c) of section 6904 shall be carried forward and applied to future years in which the payment would not otherwise equal the amount of real property taxes assessed and levied on the land during the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which the interest was acquired until the amount is applied completely. (3) The unit of general local government may use the payment for any governmental purpose. (4) The Redwoods Community College District is a school district under [section 6904(b) of this title](https://usc

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43 U.S.C. § 1457a — Authorization of appropriations for particular programs

**(a) Maximum amounts for specified years** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall not be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for Department of the Interior programs as defined in subsection (e) in excess of $4,095,404,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1981; in excess of $3,970,267,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1982; $4,680,223,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1983; and $4,797,281,000 for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1984. **(b) Ceilings on certain appropriations** It is the sense of the Congress that the appropriation targets for such fiscal years should be: not less than $275,000,000 to be appropriated annually pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2003 of title 54; not less than $30,000,000 to be appropriated annually pursuant to the provisions of division A of subtitle III of title 54; not less than $10,000,000 to be appropriated annually pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2005 of title 54; not less than $105,000,000 to be appropriated annually to be used for the restoration and rehabilitation of units of the National Park System, as authorized by law; not less than $239,000,000 to be appropriated annually for the Office of Territorial and International Affairs (including amounts for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands); not less than $6,200,000 to be appropriated annually to carry out the provisions of title III of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (91 Stat. 445); 11 See References in Text note below. and not less than $100,000,000 to be appropriated annually pursuant to chapter 69 of title 31 including not less than $5,000,000 annually to carry out the purposes of [section 6904 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-preli

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31 U.S.C. § 6904 — Additional payments

Page 556 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 6904 this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7101 of Title 16 and Tables. The date of enactment of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, referred to in subsec. (d), probably means the date of enactment of the Payments In Lieu of Taxes Act, Pub. L. 103–397, which was approved Oct. 22, 1994. AMENDMENTS 2000—Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 106–393 inserted ‘‘or the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter- mination Act of 2000’’ before semicolon at end. 1994—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103–397, § 2(a)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘93 cents during fiscal year 1995, $1.11 during fiscal year 1996, $1.29 during fiscal year 1997, $1.47 dur- ing fiscal year 1998, and $1.65 during fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, for each acre of entitlement land’’ for ‘‘75 cents for each acre of entitlement land’’. Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103–397, § 2(a)(2), substituted ‘‘12 cents during fiscal year 1995, 15 cents during fiscal year 1996, 17 cents during fiscal year 1997, 20 cents dur- ing fiscal year 1998, and 22 cents during fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, for each acre of entitlement land’’ for ‘‘10 cents for each acre of entitlement land’’. Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–397, § 2(b)(1), substituted ‘‘the highest dollar amount specified in paragraph (2)’’ for ‘‘$50 times the population’’. Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103–397, § 2(b)(2), amended table generally by augmenting dollar amounts by which pop- ulation totals must be multiplied in order to equal the limitation from $39.25 to $98.00 under prior table to $44.00 to $110.00. Pub. L. 103–397, § 5(b)(4), amended table generally for fiscal year 1998 by augmenting dollar amounts by which population totals must be multiplied in order to equal the limitation from $34.50 to

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