[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC6903]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 69--PAYMENT FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND
Sec. 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) or the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000;
(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 specified
in paragraph (2).
(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):
the limitation
is equal to the
population
If population equals-- times--
5,000.............................. $110.00
6,000.............................. 103.00
7,000.............................. 97.00
8,000.............................. 90.00
9,000.............................. 84.00
10,000.............................. 77.00
11,000.............................. 75.00
12,000.............................. 73.00
13,000.............................. 70.00
14,000.............................. 68.00
15,000.............................. 66.00
16,000.............................. 65.00
17,000.............................. 64.00
18,000.............................. 63.00
19,000.............................. 62.00
20,000.............................. 61.00
21,000.............................. 60.00
22,000.............................. 59.00
23,000.............................. 59.00
24,000.............................. 58.00
25,000.............................. 57.00
26,000.............................. 56.00
27,000.............................. 56.00
28,000.............................. 56.00
29,000.............................. 55.00
30,000.............................. 55.00
31,000.............................. 54.00
32,000.............................. 54.00
33,000.............................. 53.00
34,000.............................. 53.00
35,000.............................. 52.00
36,000.............................. 52.00
37,000.............................. 51.00
38,000.............................. 51.00
39,000.............................. 50.00
40,000.............................. 50.00
41,000.............................. 49.00
42,000.............................. 48.00
43,000.............................. 48.00
44,000.............................. 47.00
45,000.............................. 47.00
46,000.............................. 46.00
47,000.............................. 46.00
48,000.............................. 45.00
49,000.............................. 45.00
50,000.............................. 44.00.
(d) On October 1 of each year after the date of enactment of the
Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall adjust
each dollar amount specified in subsections (b) and (c) to reflect
changes in the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of Labor, for the 12 months ending the
preceding June 30.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1032; Pub. L. 98-63, title I,
Sec. 101(2), July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 324; Pub. L. 103-397, Secs. 2, 3,
5(b), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4156-4158; Pub. L. 106-393, Sec. 4, Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1610.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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6903(a)(1)........................... 16:715s(h)(2). June 15, 1935, ch. 261, 49 Stat. 378,
Sec. 401(h)(2); added Oct. 17, 1978,
Pub. L. 95-469, Sec. 1(a)(4), 92 Stat.
1321.
31:1604. Oct. 20, 1976, Pub. L. 94-565, Secs. 2,
4, 90 Stat. 2662, 2664.
6903(a)(2)........................... 31:1602(c).
6903(a)(3)........................... 31:1602(b)(2)(last sentence).
6903(a)(4)........................... 31:1602(d).
6903(b)(1)........................... 31:1602(a)(1st sentence).
6903(b)(2)........................... 31:1602(a)(last sentence).
6903(c).............................. 31:1602(b)(1), (2)(1st
sentence).
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In subsection (a)(1), before subclause (A), the word ``payment'' is
added for clarity. Subclause (E) is substituted for 16:715s(h)(2)
because of the restatement. In clause (2), the words ``Secretary of
Commerce'' are substituted for ``Bureau of the Census'' for consistency.
In clause (4), the words ``the jurisdiction of'' are omitted as surplus.
The word ``deemed'' is substituted for ``treated'' for consistency.
In subsections (b) and (c), the word ``population'' before
``limitation'' is omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b)(1), before clause (A), the words ``The amount of .
. . made for any fiscal year to a unit of local government . . . the
following amounts'' are omitted as surplus. In clauses (A) and (B), the
words ``the boundaries of'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (A), the
words ``aggregate . . . of payments, if any'' are omitted as surplus.
The words ``a payment law'' are substituted for ``all of the provisions
specified in section 1604 of this title'' because of the restatement.
In subsection (b)(2), the words ``chief executive officer'' are
substituted for ``Governor (or his delegate)'' for consistency in the
revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words
``a payment law'' are substituted for ``a provision specified in section
1604 of this title'' because of the restatement of 31:1604 in subsection
(a).
In subsection (c)(1), the words ``amount equal to'' and ``within the
jurisdiction of such unit of local government'' are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c)(2), the words ``computed under the . . . table''
are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``the limitation is equal to the
population times'' are substituted for ``Payment shall not exceed the
amount computed by multiplying such population by'' for clarity and
consistency.
References in Text
Act of June 20, 1910 (ch. 310, 36 Stat. 557), referred to in subsec.
(a)(1)(A), is not classified to the Code.
The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), is Pub. L. 106-393, Oct. 30,
2000, 114 Stat. 1607. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title of 2000 Amendment note set out under section 500
of Title 16, Conservation, 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-Determination Act of 2000'' before
semicolon at end.
1994--Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 2(a)(1), substituted
``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'' for
``75 cents for each acre of entitlement land''.
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 2(a)(2), substituted ``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'' for ``10 cents for each acre of entitlement land''.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 2(b)(1), substituted ``the
highest dollar amount specified in paragraph (2)'' for ``$50 times the
population''.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 2(b)(2), amended table
generally by augmenting dollar amounts by which population 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, Sec. 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 $86.00
under prior table to $39.25 to $98.00.
Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 5(b)(3), amended table generally for fiscal
year 1997 by augmenting dollar amounts by which population totals must
be multiplied in order to equal the limitation from $29.50 to $74.00
under prior table to $34.50 to $86.00.
Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 5(b)(2), amended table generally for fiscal
year 1996 by augmenting dollar amounts by which population totals must
be multiplied in order to equal the limitation from $24.75 to $62.00
under prior table to $29.50 to $74.00.
Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 5(b)(1), amended table generally for fiscal
year 1995 by augmenting dollar amounts by which population totals must
be multiplied in order to equal the limitation from $20.00 to $50.00
under prior table to $24.75 to $62.00.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 3, added subsec. (d).
1983--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 98-63 struck out par. (4) which
provided that if any part of a small unit was located within another
unit, entitlement land within both units was deemed to be located within
the smaller unit.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by sections 2(a), (b)(1), and 3 of Pub. L. 103-397
effective Oct. 1, 1994, and amendment by section 2(b)(2) of Pub. L. 103-
397 effective Oct. 1, 1998, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 103-397, set out
as a note under section 6902 of this title.
Section 5(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103-397 provided for the amendment of the
table at the end of subsec. (c)(2) of this section during fiscal year
1995.
Section 5(b)(2) of Pub. L. 103-397 provided for the amendment of the
table at the end of subsec. (c)(2) of this section during fiscal year
1996.
Section 5(b)(3) of Pub. L. 103-397 provided for the amendment of the
table at the end of subsec
