16 U.S.C. § 460lll–13 — Payments to States and counties

(a) Payments in lieu of taxes - Land in the Recreation Area^* qualifies for "payments in lieu of taxes" under chapter 69 of title 31 - payments the federal government makes to local governments instead of property taxes, since federal land isn't normally taxed.

(b) Distribution - Money the Recreation Area earns from charges, use fees, and using natural resources (including timber and farming) is not shared with states under the usual Forest Service revenue-sharing rule in section 500.

(c) Payments by the Tennessee Valley Authority - After administration transfers under section 460lll-41: (1) the Tennessee Valley Authority must keep calculating the payments it owes states and counties under section 831l, and (2) each state^* that gets such a payment - including Kentucky, Tennessee, and any other state - must keep calculating how it splits that money with its local governments, exactly as if the transfer to the Forest Service had never happened.