S.Amdt. 2415

SA 2415. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1066. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS FROM CALCULATION FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2019 PILT PAYMENTS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered payment.--The term ``covered payment'' means a
payment to a unit of general local government for fiscal year
2018 from amounts deposited in the Treasury during the period
of time beginning on November 18, 1997, and ending on August
7, 2008, from a lease issued under section 7439(b)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, and distributed to the unit of
general local government in accordance with the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).
(2) Payment law.--The term ``payment law'' has the meaning
given the term in section 6903(a)(1) of title 31, United
States Code.
(3) Unit of general local government.--The term ``unit of
general local government'' has the meaning given the term in
section 6901 of title 31, United States Code.
(b) Calculation of Pilt Payment Amount.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in calculating the amount of a

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payment to be made to a unit of general local government for
fiscal year 2019 under chapter 69 of title 31, United States
Code, the Secretary of the Interior shall not consider a
covered payment to be an amount received by the unit of
general local government in the prior fiscal year under a
payment law for purposes of section 6903(b)(1)(A) of that
title.
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