Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 16, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Jun 09, 2025
§ 44.31 - How does the Department calculate payments for acquired lands?

The Department calculates section 6904 payments by determining 1 percent of the fair market value of the purchased land and comparing the result to the amount of real estate taxes paid on the land in the year before Federal acquisition. The payment to qualified local governments will be the lesser of the two.

authority: Public Law 94-565, 90 Stat. 2662, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 6901-6907.
source: 69 FR 70559, Dec. 7, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 44.31