§7111 Secure Payments for States Containing Federal Land

Summary

The law makes certain payments to qualifying States and counties for the fiscal years 2008–2015 and 2017–2026. The Secretary of Agriculture must find each State’s payment by adding up, for each eligible county in that State, the county’s adjusted share times that year’s full funding amount. The Secretary of the Interior must find each eligible county’s payment by taking the county’s 50% adjusted share times the full funding amount, but only for counties that got a 50% payment during the eligibility period. If a county already received a 25% payment given to the State before a listed cutoff date, the State payment is lowered by that county’s 25% share. If a county already received a 50% payment, the county payment is lowered by that amount. The cutoff date for fiscal year 2014 is April 16, 2015. The cutoff for 2017 is March 23, 2018, and the Treasury must make all 2017 payments within 45 days after that date. The cutoff for 2024 and 2025 is December 18, 2025, and the Treasury must make those years’ payments within 45 days after that date. Eligible State/county = ones that qualify for these payments; adjusted share, 50% adjusted share, and full funding amount = the parts used to compute the payments.