Max Baucus: “This is a very simple amendment. It compensates counties that have the lack of a private land base; that is, counties…”

“This is a very simple amendment. It compensates counties that have the lack of a private land base; that is, counties that do not have the ability to collect property taxes because of Federal land. This revenue goes to schools, it goes to jobs and roads. I might add, in the State of Oregon, 20 percent goes to highway spending. This is the highway bill. It has been supported strongly in the past by this body. The offset has been worked out. I strongly urge my colleagues to support it. This is a good, solid program. I yield the remainder of my time to my colleague from Oregon, Mr. Wyden.”