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[CITE: 31USC6902]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
              SUBTITLE V--GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
 
                CHAPTER 69--PAYMENT FOR ENTITLEMENT LAND
 
Sec. 6902. Authority and Eligibility \1\

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    (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 \2\ 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--
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        (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.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1032; Pub. L. 103-93, 
Sec. 10(b), Oct. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 999; Pub. L. 103-397, Sec. 4, Oct. 
22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4157; Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title X, 
Sec. 1033(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4240.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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6902(a)..............................  31:1601.                        Oct. 20,
 1976, Pub. L. 94-565, Secs.  1,
                                                                        5(a), (
b), 90 Stat. 2662, 2665.
6902(b)..............................  31:1605(c).                     Oct. 20,
 1976, Pub. L. 94-565, 90 Stat.
                                                                        2662, S
ec.  5(c); added Oct. 17, 1978,
                                                                        Pub. L.
 95-469, Sec.  3(2), 92 Stat.
                                                                        1321.
6902(c)..............................  31:1605(a).
6902(d)..............................  31:1605(b).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``Effective for fiscal years beginning 
on and after October 1, 1976'' are omitted as executed. The words ``(as 
defined in section 1606 of this title)'' are omitted because of the 
restatement. The text of 31:1601(last sentence) is omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), the word ``or'' is substituted for ``and/or'' for 
consistency. The words ``except that, beginning in fiscal year 1979'' 
are omitted as executed. The words ``of such land'' are omitted as 
surplus. The word ``Federal'' is omitted as unnecessary. The words ``and 
which is or was so donated . . . thereof by the State or unit of local 
government'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (c), the citation in parentheses for the Act of May 
24, 1939, is included only for information purposes.
    In subsection (d), the words ``county or'' are omitted as 
unnecessary because a county is a unit of general local government under 
section 6901 of the revised title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-333 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``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.''
    1994--Pub. L. 103-397 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows:
    ``(a) 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. A unit may use the payment for any 
governmental purpose.
    ``(b) A unit of general local government may not receive a payment 
for land for which payment under this chapter otherwise may be received 
if the land was owned or administered by a State or unit and was exempt 
from real estate taxes when the land was conveyed to the United States 
Government. This subsection does not apply to payments for land a State 
or unit acquires from a private party to donate to the Government within 
8 years of acquisition, nor does this subsection apply to payments for 
lands in Utah acquired by the United States if at the time of such 
acquisition units, under applicable State law, were entitled to receive 
payments from the State for such lands, but in such case no payment 
under this chapter with respect to such acquired lands shall exceed the 
payment that would have been made under State law if such lands had not 
been acquired.
    ``(c) A unit of general local government receiving payment for a 
fiscal year for land under the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a 
et seq.), or the Act of May 24, 1939 (ch. 144, 53 Stat. 753), may not 
receive a payment under this chapter for the land for that fiscal year. 
This chapter does not apply to either Act.
    ``(d) If the total payment to a unit of general local government for 
a fiscal year would be less than $100, the Secretary may not make the 
payment.''
    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-93 substituted ``acquisition, nor 
does this subsection apply to payments for lands in Utah acquired by the 
United States if at the time of such acquisition units, under applicable 
State law, were entitled to receive payments from the State for such 
lands, but in such case no payment under this chapter with respect to 
such acquired lands shall exceed the payment that would have been made 
under State law if such lands had not been acquired'' for 
``acquisition''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Section 5(a) of Pub. L. 103-397 provided that:
    ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this Act 
[amending this section and section 6903 of this title and enacting 
provisions set out as notes under sections 6901 and 6903 of this title] 
and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective on October 1, 
1994.
    ``(2) Limitation.--The amendment made by section 2(b)(2) [amending 
section 6903 of this title] shall become effective on October 1, 1998.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6903, 6904 of this title; 
title 16 sections 546a, 698v-3.
