[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 39 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994)]
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PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES ACT
The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I am pleased that the Senate is debating
S. 455, the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act. I am a cosponsor of this
legislation and hope that it will soon be enacted into law.
The payment in lieu of taxes, or PILT, is designed to compensate
local governments for lost tax revenue due to Federal ownership of
land. In a sense, it is the Federal Government's property tax. This is
a vital payment to rural communities that are struggling to provide
services for their citizens. I am talking about basic services like
fire and police protection, emergency response, and road construction
and maintenance. The costs for these services are going up, but the
Federal Government's payment for its share of them is not.
PILT was enacted in 1976 and the payments have not been increased
since that time. Thus, the value of PILT today is less than half of
what it originally was. S. 455 will increase PILT back to its original
value and then index it to inflation. To reduce the budgetary impact,
the increase will be phased in over 5 years.
Mr. President, this is simply a question of fairness. Federal land
erodes a county's tax base. At the same time, every county must provide
basic services, regardless of who owns the land. The Federal Government
owes it to the counties to give them fair compensation. In 1976, the
Government began to do this, but the Government has, of late, been
neglecting its obligation.
In my State of North Dakota, the Government owns millions of acres of
land. It is particularly alarming to counties for the Federal
Government to continue acquiring additional land and paying inadequate
PILT. The Federal Government owns millions of acres in North Dakota--it
is time for the Government to become a better neighbor.
North Dakota currently receives about $550,000 annually under PILT.
This legislation will more than double the Government's payments to
North Dakota counties by the year 2000. Many North Dakotans have
contacted me in support of S. 455, and I urge its speedy adoption.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, as a cosponsor, I wish to briefly express
my support for this bill. I strongly supported similar legislation
while a Member of the House of Representatives for many years, and I
wish to thank Senator Hatfield's efforts to bring this legislation to
the floor.
We sharply debate many funding issues in the Senate, trying to decide
the merit of one against another, and we must delete and reduce more
and more items from our spending authorizations and appropriations
because of our severe deficit spending problems.
However, the PILT Program should not simply be placed in the arena of
merit from which Congress selects the most worthy candidates. PILT is a
commitment Congress made 17 years ago to partially reimburse counties
for erosion of local tax base resulting from Federal actions. As such,
PILT should be viewed here as ``paying the rent.'' PILT is a part of
the Federal Government's cost of being in the land business out in the
States. It is a consideration we owe to local governments by previous
agreement.
I represent a State where PILT payments are not very large. North
Dakota is 25th among the States in the total payments its counties
receive under this program. About $550,000 is apportioned to 53 North
Dakota counties, and that works out to less than $10,000 per county.
However, PILT is important funding to counties that have lost tax
base to Federal land ownership. I asked a county commissioner from a
western North Dakota County if PILT made much difference in the
county's budget, and if the county would actually know the difference
if PILT was terminated. Her county gets only $36,000 from PILT, but she
said the money was very important to a total county budget of about $3
million. The county has severe budget problems, so it is critical the
Federal Government meet its financial commitment to such a county.
This bill is a reasonable and responsible proposal, and I fully
support it.
Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. President, I rise today to offer my strong
support for the proposed amendments to the Payments in Lieu of Taxes
[PILT] Program.
I would like to start out by thanking my friend and colleague from
Oregon, Senator Hatfield, for all his hard work on this bill. I am an
original cosponsor and an active promoter of S. 455, because I believe
it will go a long way toward correcting inequities that for many years
have existed between counties in my own State of Minnesota and the
Federal Government.
Enacted in 1976, the PILT Program provides compensation to county
governments that have tax-exempt programs or contain Federal lands--
like national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges--and Bureau of Land
Management [BLM] lands within their boundaries. More than 1,700
counties throughout 49 States benefit from this program, including many
in Minnesota.
PILT funds help county governments meet the real and growing needs of
their citizens for education, transportation, health care, law
enforcement, waste disposal, and many other essential services. The
payments are an extremely important source of revenue for counties
which are continually asked to provide increased services despite
diminishing budgets.
Unfortunately, though the Consumer Price Index has increased by 120
percent since 1976, the program's authorization level has not. Over the
past 17 years, the value of PILT has eroded to less than half its
original worth, creating yet another unfunded mandate on local
governments.
Senator Hatfield's bill will phase in, over 5 years, an adjustment
increasing the formula from 75 cents for each acre of entitlement land
to $1.65 per acre. Under the alternative method of determining PILT
payments, the increase will be from 10 cents per acre to 22 cents per
acre. Additionally, the population cap will be amended proportionally.
Finally, the program will be indexed for inflation starting after the
first year and will continue to be subject to the appropriations
process.
An important feature of this bill is the 5-year phase-in of the full
adjustment. Previous legislation, which I cosponsored, mandated the
full adjustment in a 1 fiscal-year period. The appropriations process
was simply not able to accommodate an additional $115 million, and the
legislation was subsequently stalled. I believe that the 5-year phase-
in makes the bill more fiscally responsible, and thus more acceptable.
Minnesota counties rely on PILT payments as a significant source of
revenue. Minnesota has 2,582,664 entitlement acres of Federal land--
most of them located in northern Minnesota. Several counties comprise
the majority of this land: Cook County contains 629,000 acres, a full
69 percent of its entire acreage; Lake County contains 727,025; and St.
Louis County contains 837,935 acres. In fiscal year 1992, counties in
Minnesota received roughly $685,000 from the BLM.
Under S. 455, Minnesota will see a first-year increase to $914,103,
and an increase by the fifth year of $2,885,074. These payments are
essential to counties in providing important daily services in places
such as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness [BWCAW].
Moreover, many counties have additional burdens due to the influx of
part-year residents and visitors during summer months, increasing
demands for services. For example, in my State, Cook and Lake
Counties--home to the Superior National Forest and the BWCAW--have
seasonal increases in costs for emergency medical care and solid waste
collection and disposal. Travelers to the BWCAW drive through St. Louis
County, leaving behind high road maintenance costs. Without PILT
payments, it is up to the local residents to cover these additional
costs for daily services--costs the rest of us often take for granted.
Mr. President, this legislation is a fair and equitable solution to a
problem that has hampered Minnesota counties for many years and I urge
my colleagues to vote to support S. 455 this afternoon.
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, today we have an opportunity to enact
long-overdue legislation that would increase the payments in lieu of
taxes to counties. This issue is about equity. It is about the Federal
Government living up to its responsibilities and it is about ensuring
that counties are not penalized for having Federal lands.
Simply put, PILT payments currently are insufficient to meet the
Federal responsibility to counties. In the past, PILT payments have
been important to South Dakota. However, their value has substantially
diminished as inflation has wiped out much of their original worth.
Without adequate payments to counties, the very presence of Federal
land in those counties can be considered an unfunded mandate--a burden
imposed by the Federal Government for which there is insufficient
compensation.
This body has heard the concerns raised by local governments with
respect to unfunded mandates. Many are well justified.
The lack of sufficient compensation for the presence of nontaxable
Federal lands justifiably causes outrage. It creates a great disparity
among counties as those with large tracts of Federal land are deprived
of much of their tax base. They must rely on the largesse of the
Federal Government to make up this difference.
Many of the counties with substantial amounts of Federal lands are
located in the West. As we all know, management of Federal lands is
changing. Timber harvesting is declining. Grazing fees are increasing.
Mining royalties will soon be imposed. Some of these reforms are fair.
Others may be excessive.
But what is clear is that if the Congress is going to ask the West to
accept these changes, then it must in turn treat those lands fairly.
The existence of Federal lands benefits all Americans. The national
forests provide timber and recreation. The wildlife refuges provide
important habitat, while the national parks provide places of beauty
and quiet contemplation.
The counties that contain these Federal lands should not be asked to
bear the financial burden associated with a reduced tax base without
just compensation. If we are going to change the rules of the game, we
must keep the players' welfare in mind. That is what this legislation
is designed to do.
As you know, PILT payments are intended to help offset the loss of
revenue caused by the presence of certain tax-exempt Federal land
within local government boundaries. The formula established in 1976,
and still used today, is based on acreage and population of affected
counties. However, since the program formula is not indexed for
inflation the amount of money now received, when measured in constant
dollars, is worth less than half of what it was when the program was
initiated in 1976.
I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act.
The bill will raise the caps and index the payments for inflation. It
will correct the injustices that have been wrought by the corrosive
effects of 14 years of inflation.
This bill is not some extravagant luxury that Congress is bestowing
on counties. It merely represents an effort to ensure that the Federal
Government will live up to its responsibilities as a landowner and
reflect the changes that are occurring in this Nation.
Private property owners must pay taxes to local governments. They
must live with their tax assessment, which increases annually with
inflation. It is only fair that the Federal Government be held to a
similar standard.
I am hopeful that today this bill will be enacted and PILT payments
will be raised to a more fair and meaningful level. I urge my
colleagues to support this bill. Thank you Mr. President.
Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I am proud to be a cosponsor of S. 455, a
bill which will help local governments throughout my State provide
services where currently unfunded Federal obligations require them to
absorb the growing cost of providing these services on their own.
Mr. President, this legislation will provide--at minimum--a degree of
relief to communities across my State which are missing out on property
tax dollars. By increasing PILT payments we are living up to a
commitment made to these counties so that they can continue to provide
important services to visitors on Federal lands without bankrupting our
local counties.
You need only glance at a map of my State to figure out that large
tracts of land are owned by the Federal Government, thereby leaving
many counties in my State dependent upon PILT payments to help meet
increased service demands.
Let me give you a few examples of the importance of this legislation
to my State of Washington. On one end of the spectrum is Okanogan
County, which includes 1.56 million acres of federally owned land, and
in nearby Chelan County the Federal Government owns 1.42 million acres
of land. And on the other end of the spectrum is Adams County, where
the Federal Government owns one, solitary acre. Mr. President, whether
it's a million acres or one acre, the Federal Government must fulfill
its obligation to these counties.
Members of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee have expressed a
concern about the cost of this legislation and the impacts it will have
upon other spending priorities funded within the bill. As a member of
the Senate Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations, which will
appropriate funds for the PILT Program each year, I believe that
appropriations for this program to be an extremely important funding
priority for the subcommittee.
We have made a commitment to communities across the United States and
this legislation provides us the important opportunity to meet these
obligations. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of S.
455.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today in support of S. 455, a bill to
increase the amount of funding for the Payments In Lieu of Texas [PILT]
Program. As a cosponsor of this important piece of legislation, I
realize that we are requesting for an increase over the fiscal year
1995 budget request. This is necessary to recoup the loses to local
governments from inflation. The PILT Program has not been seen an
increase in authorized funding levels since 1976. This bill will allow
for yearly inflation adjustment.
I represent a State which has 87 percent of its land, some 72 million
acres, controlled by the Federal Government. All of the 17 counties in
the State of Nevada, are mostly Federal land. With all of the mandates
placed upon them by this Congress--from sewage treatment to safe
drinking water, the PILT Program has assisted these communities in
meeting the terms of compliance of these laws.
What we need to understand is that when PILT was enacted in 1976, it
was an expansion of a notion of government partnership between the
Federal Government and States and local governments that has existed
since 1906. The Federal Government has accepted the obligation to share
with county governments a percentage of the revenues it derives from
commodity uses of public lands. I reiterate that these funds are spent
by counties in my State to support services provided to users of the
public lands: law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services,
solid waste management, road maintenance, as well as other important
services.
I urge my colleagues to support this legislation which is so vital to
the survival of many of the rural communities in the State of Nevada
and across the West.
Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Madam President, I am pleased today to voice my
strong support for S. 455, the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act. I am a
cosponsor of this bill, and I believe that S. 455 is a bill which
restores some fundamental fairness to local governments by increasing
payments in lieu of taxes by the Federal Government.
Most Idaho counties are directly affected by Federal lands within
their boundaries. In the State of Idaho, the Federal Government owns
63.7 percent of all land. The total land ownership of the Federal
Government in Idaho is greater than the total combined area of
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode
Island, and Vermont. Or in other words, the Federal Government owns a
total land mass in Idaho equivalent to the total land mass of the State
of Alabama.
In just one county in Idaho, Butte County, of the total 1,431,322
acres in that county the Federal Government owns 85.2 percent of the
land. According to the census, Butte County has a per capita income in
1989 dollars of $10,257. This is a county that had 6.9-percent
unemployment in 1993; 10 percent of all families live below the poverty
level. It has a population of just 3,100 people.
The Federal Government owns 85 percent of the taxable property base
of this county, yet payments in lieu of taxes [PILT] to Butte County
make up only 7 percent of the county budget. Butte County finances road
improvements and other critical services, which aid and benefit the
Federal ownership.
PILT allows rural counties, whose tax base is consumed with Federal
ownership, to meet the education and transportation needs of their
citizens, and the demands placed on local services by the presence of
Federal lands.
Many characterize PILT as an entitlement or bailout of rural local
governments. This characterization is harsh and ignores the reality of
the situation. The Federal Government has a responsibility as a
neighbor and steward of the land it owns to contribute as a local
community member. Just as we would not expect an absentee landlord to
ignore his or her local responsibilities, we cannot allow the Federal
Government to ignore its obligation to the communities that are both
benefited and burdened by its presence.
Measured in constant dollars PILT payments are worth less than half
of what they were when the program was initiated in 1976. It is past
time for a readjustment of the responsibility of the Federal
Government.
Federal ownership of land within a State was not intended to burden
the host State but, having the Federal Government as the single largest
absentee landlord in the State puts us at a severe disadvantage. As a
U.S. Senator I have pledged to aid local governments and local
communities in their fight for a partnership with the Federal
Government. It is time for the equity to local government.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill is open to further amendment. If
there be no further amendment to be proposed, the question is on the
engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read
the third time.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the final passage of S.
455, as amended. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will
call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] is
absent because of illness.
Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Maine [Mr. Cohen] is
necessarily absent.
The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 20, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 90 Leg.]
YEAS--78
Akaka
Baucus
Bennett
Bingaman
Bond
Boren
Boxer
Breaux
Brown
Bryan
Bumpers
Burns
Campbell
Coats
Cochran
Conrad
Craig
D'Amato
Danforth
Daschle
DeConcini
Dole
Domenici
Dorgan
Durenberger
Exon
Feingold
Feinstein
Ford
Gorton
Graham
Gramm
Gregg
Hatch
Hatfield
Heflin
Helms
Hollings
Hutchison
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnston
Kassebaum
Kempthorne
Kennedy
Kerrey
Kerry
Kohl
Leahy
Levin
Lott
Lugar
Mack
Mathews
McCain
McConnell
Moseley-Braun
Moynihan
Murkowski
Murray
Nunn
Packwood
Pressler
Pryor
Reid
Robb
Sarbanes
Sasser
Simon
Simpson
Smith
Specter
Stevens
Thurmond
Wallop
Warner
Wellstone
Wofford
NAYS--20
Biden
Bradley
Byrd
Chafee
Coverdell
Dodd
Faircloth
Glenn
Grassley
Harkin
Lautenberg
Lieberman
Metzenbaum
Mikulski
Mitchell
Nickles
Pell
Riegle
Rockefeller
Roth
NOT VOTING--2
Cohen
Shelby
So the bill (S. 455), as amended, was passed, as follows:
S. 455
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Payments In Lieu of Taxes
Act''.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PAYMENTS FOR ENTITLEMENT LANDS.
(a) Increase Based on Consumer Price Index.--Section
6903(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``75 cents for each
acre of entitlement land'' and inserting ``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''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``10 cents for each
acre of entitlement land'' and inserting ``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''.
(b) Increase in Population Cap.--Section 6903(c) of title
31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$50 times the
population'' and inserting ``the highest dollar amount
specified in paragraph (2)''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by amending the table at the end to
read as follows:
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.''.
SEC. 3. INDEXING OF PILT PAYMENTS FOR INFLATION; INSTALLMENT
PAYMENTS.
Section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(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.''.
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGES.
Section 6902 of title 31, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 6902. Authority and Eligibility.
``(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, as set forth in this
chapter. A unit of general local government 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 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.''.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
(a) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become
effective on October 1, 1994.
(2) Limitation.--The amendment made by section 2(b)(2)
shall become effective on October 1, 1998.
(b) Transition Provisions.--
(1) Fiscal year 1995.--During fiscal year 1995, 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
``If population equals-- times--
5,000.....................................................$62.00
6,000......................................................58.00
7,000......................................................54.50
8,000......................................................51.00
9,000......................................................47.00
10,000......................................................43.50
11,000......................................................42.00
12,000......................................................41.00
13,000......................................................40.00
14,000......................................................38.50
15,000......................................................37.00
16,000......................................................36.50
17,000......................................................36.00
18,000......................................................35.50
19,000......................................................34.50
20,000......................................................34.00
21,000......................................................33.75
22,000......................................................33.50
23,000......................................................33.00
24,000......................................................32.50
25,000......................................................32.25
26,000......................................................32.00
27,000......................................................31.75
28,000......................................................31.50
29,000......................................................31.25
30,000......................................................31.00
31,000......................................................30.75
32,000......................................................30.50
33,000......................................................30.00
34,000......................................................29.75
35,000......................................................29.50
36,000......................................................29.25
37,000......................................................28.75
38,000......................................................28.50
39,000......................................................28.25
40,000......................................................28.00
41,000......................................................27.50
42,000......................................................27.25
43,000......................................................27.00
44,000......................................................26.50
45,000......................................................26.25
46,000......................................................26.00
47,000......................................................25.75
48,000......................................................25.50
49,000......................................................25.00
50,000..................................................24.75.''.
(2) Fiscal year 1996.--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
``If population equals-- times--
5,000.....................................................$74.00
6,000......................................................69.50
7,000......................................................65.00
8,000......................................................61.00
9,000......................................................56.00
10,000......................................................52.00
11,000......................................................50.50
12,000......................................................49.00
13,000......................................................47.50
14,000......................................................46.00
15,000......................................................44.50
16,000......................................................43.50
17,000......................................................43.00
18,000......................................................42.00
19,000......................................................41.50
20,000......................................................41.00
21,000......................................................40.25
22,000......................................................40.00
23,000......................................................39.50
24,000......................................................39.00
25,000......................................................38.50
26,000......................................................38.25
27,000......................................................38.00
28,000......................................................37.50
29,000......................................................37.25
30,000......................................................37.00
31,000......................................................36.75
32,000......................................................36.25
33,000......................................................36.00
34,000......................................................35.50
35,000......................................................35.00
36,000......................................................34.75
37,000......................................................34.50
38,000......................................................34.00
39,000......................................................33.75
40,000......................................................33.25
41,000......................................................33.00
42,000......................................................32.50
43,000......................................................32.25
44,000......................................................32.00
45,000......................................................31.50
46,000......................................................31.00
47,000......................................................30.75
48,000......................................................30.50
49,000......................................................30.00
50,000..................................................29.50.''.
(3) Fiscal year 1997.--During fiscal year 1997, 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
``If population equals-- times--
5,000.....................................................$86.00
6,000......................................................81.00
7,000......................................................76.00
8,000......................................................71.00
9,000......................................................65.50
10,000......................................................60.00
11,000......................................................58.50
12,000......................................................57.00
13,000......................................................55.00
14,000......................................................53.50
15,000......................................................51.50
16,000......................................................51.00
17,000......................................................50.00
18,000......................................................49.00
19,000......................................................48.00
20,000......................................................47.50
21,000......................................................47.25
22,000......................................................46.25
23,000......................................................46.00
24,000......................................................45.25
25,000......................................................45.00
26,000......................................................44.50
27,000......................................................44.00
28,000......................................................43.75
29,000......................................................43.50
30,000......................................................43.00
31,000......................................................42.50
32,000......................................................42.00
33,000......................................................41.75
34,000......................................................41.25
35,000......................................................41.00
36,000......................................................40.50
37,000......................................................40.00
38,000......................................................39.50
39,000......................................................39.00
40,000......................................................38.75
41,000......................................................38.25
42,000......................................................38.00
43,000......................................................37.50
44,000......................................................37.00
45,000......................................................36.50
46,000......................................................36.00
47,000......................................................35.75
48,000......................................................35.25
49,000......................................................35.00
50,000..................................................34.50.''.
(4) Fiscal year 1998.--During fiscal year 1998, 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
``If population equals-- times--
5,000.....................................................$98.00
6,000......................................................92.00
7,000......................................................86.00
8,000......................................................80.50
9,000......................................................74.50
10,000......................................................68.50
11,000......................................................66.50
12,000......................................................64.50
13,000......................................................63.00
14,000......................................................61.00
15,000......................................................59.00
16,000......................................................58.00
17,000......................................................57.00
18,000......................................................56.00
19,000......................................................55.00
20,000......................................................54.00
21,000......................................................53.50
22,000......................................................52.75
23,000......................................................52.00
24,000......................................................51.50
25,000......................................................51.00
26,000......................................................50.50
27,000......................................................50.25
28,000......................................................50.00
29,000......................................................49.50
30,000......................................................49.00
31,000......................................................48.50
32,000......................................................48.00
33,000......................................................47.50
34,000......................................................47.00
35,000......................................................46.50
36,000......................................................46.00
37,000......................................................45.50
38,000......................................................45.00
39,000......................................................44.50
40,000......................................................44.00
41,000......................................................43.50
42,000......................................................43.00
43,000......................................................42.75
44,000......................................................42.25
45,000......................................................41.75
46,000......................................................41.25
47,000......................................................40.75
48,000......................................................40.25
49,000......................................................39.75
50,000..................................................39.25.''.
Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. HATFIELD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
(Mr. KOHL assumed the Chair.)
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