Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make payments to units of local government of up to 75 cents per acre for public lands within the boundaries of the locality. Sets forth limitations on the total amount of such payments based on population and the amount of payments made under previously existing laws.
Authorizes the Secretary to make payments for lands acquired by the United States for the National Wildlife Refuge Systems after a specified date.
States that such payments shall be made to the county or other governmental unit which acts as the collecting and distributing agency for real property taxes in the area in which such lands lie. Stipulates that the amount of such payments shall be a percentage of the fair market value of the lands acquired.
Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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