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 PUBLIC LAW 94-565—OCT. 20, 1976

90 STAT. 2665

(7) section 5 of the Act entitled "To safeguard and consolidate certain areas of exceptional public value within the Superior National Forest, State of Minnesota, and for other purposes", approved June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 570; 16 U.S.C. 577g); (8) section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the Act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568) and for other purposes" approved June 22, 1956 (70 Stat. 366; 16 U.S.C. 577g-l); (9) section 6 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (61 Stat. 915; 30 U.S.C. 355); and (10) section 3 of the Materials Disposal Act (61 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 603). SEC. 5. (a) No unit of local government which receives any payment Eligibility. with respect to any land under the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 31 USC 1605. 875), or the Act of May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 753), during any fiscal year shall be eligible to receive any payment under this Act for such fiscal year with respect to such land. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875), or the Act of May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 753). (b) If the total payment by the Secretary to any county or unit of local government under this Act would be less than $100, such payment shall not be made. Definitions. SEC. 6. As used in this Act, the term— (a) "entitlement lands" means lands owned by the United 31 USC 1606. States that are— (1) within the National Park System, the National Forest Sjstem, including wilderness areas within each, or any combination thereof, including, but not limited to, lands described in section 2 of the Act referred to in paragraph (7) of section 4 of this Act (16 U.S.C. 577d) and the first section of the Act referred to in paragraph (8) of this Act (16 U.S.C. 577d-l); (2) administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management; (3) dedicated to the use of water resource development projects of the United States; (4) nothing in this section shall authorize any payments to any unit of local government for any lands otherwise entitled to receive payments pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if such lands were owned and/or administered by a State or local unit of government and exempt from the payment of real estate taxes at the time title to such lands is conveyed to the United States; or (5) dredge disposal areas owned by the United States under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers; (b) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; and (c) "unit of local government" means a county, parish, township, municipality, borough existing in the State of Alaska on the date of enactment of this Act, or other unit of government below the State which is a unit of general government as determined by the Secretary (on the basis of the same principles as are used by the Bureau of the Census for general statistical purposes). Such term also includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. SEC. 7. There are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the Appropriation authorization.

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