PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 739 of the current construction phase of the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project. SEC. 751. (a) TEMPORARY USE OF EXISTING PAYMENTS TO STATES 16 USC 500 note. TABLE. — Notwithstanding section 101(a)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), for the purpose of making the fiscal year 2001 payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States and eligible counties, the full payment amount for each eligible State and eligible county shall be deemed to be equal to the full payment amount calculated for that eligible State or eligible county in the Forest Service document entitled "P.L. 106- 393, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act" and dated July 31, 2001, subject to the adjustment required by section 101(b) of such Act. (b) REVISION OF TABLE. — For the purpose of making payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States and eligible counties for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, as required by section 101(a)(1) of such Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the table referred to in subsection (a) to accurately reflect, to the maximum extent practicable, each eligible State's and eligible county's historic share of the 25-percent payments and safety net payments made for the fiscal years of the eligibility period. (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— Not later than March 1, 2002, Deadline, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report containing the revisions made to the table referred to in subsection (a), as required by subsection (b). (d) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE COUNTY ELECTION. —Notwithstanding section 102(b)(2) of such Act, if the revision pursuant to subsection (b) of the table referred to in subsection (a) results in a reduced full payment amount for an eligible county that elected under section 102(b) of such Act to receive the full payment amount, the eligible county shall have a 90-day period, beginning on the date the revised table is first available to the public, during which to reconsider and change its election. The eligible county shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture of any change in its election before the end of such period. If an eligible county elects under this subsection to receive the 25-percent payment in place of the full payment amount, the election shall be effective for 1 year. (e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINERAL LEASING RECEIPTS.—(1) An eligible county that elects under section 102(b) of such Act to receive its share of an eligible State's full payment amount shall continue to receive its share of any payments made to that State from a lease for mineral resources issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the last paragraph under the heading "FOREST SERVICE." in the Act of March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520). (2) Section 6(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "The preceding sentence shall also apply to any payment to a State derived from a lease for mineral resources issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the last paragraph under the heading 'FOREST SERVICE. ' in the Act of March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).". (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms "eligible State", "eligible county", "eligibility period", "full payment amount", "25-
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