S. 638 · 119th Congress
A bill to amend the Act of June 22, 1948.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Tina Smith
- Introduced
- 2025-02-19
- Latest action
- 2025-10-27 · Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.
Summary
This bill prevents decreases in annual payments provided to Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties in Minnesota for national forest lands in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Specifically, the bill modifies the formula created under the Thye-Blatnik Act that the Department of the Treasury uses to determine the amount of the payments. Treasury must base the payments on the highest fair appraised value, including historical fair appraised values, rather than on the fair appraised value of the land.