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[S. 2581 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 354
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2581
[Report No. 118-163]
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 27, 2023
Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Braun,
Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Romney, Mr. Wicker, Mrs.
Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Kelly, Mr. Tester, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Heinrich, Ms.
Sinema, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Peters, and Ms.
Butler) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
April 8, 2024
Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Rural Schools
Reauthorization Act of 2023''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing
Federal Land.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Secure payments.--Section 101 of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 7111) is amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by
striking ``2023'' each place it appears and inserting
``2026''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Distribution of payments to eligible
counties.--Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2))
is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting
``2026''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on
Federal Land.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Existing advisory committees.--Section
205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by
striking ``December 20, 2023'' each place it appears and
inserting ``December 20, 2026''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Extension of authority.--Section 208 of the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) in subsection (a), by striking
``2025'' and inserting ``2028''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) in subsection (b), by striking
``2026'' and inserting ``2029''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Extension of Authority To Expend County Funds.--
Section 305 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and
inserting ``2028''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and
inserting ``2029''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PILOT PROGRAM
EXTENSION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is amended by striking
subsection (g) and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(g) Pilot Program for Resource Advisory Committee
Appointments by Regional Foresters.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall
establish and carry out a pilot program under which the
Secretary concerned shall allow the regional forester with
jurisdiction over a unit of Federal land to appoint members of
the resource advisory committee for that unit, in accordance
with the applicable requirements of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Responsibilities of regional forester.--
Before appointing a member of a resource advisory committee
under the pilot program under this subsection, a regional
forester shall conduct the review and analysis that would
otherwise be conducted for an appointment to a resource
advisory committee if the pilot program was not in effect,
including any review and analysis with respect to civil rights
and budgetary requirements.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection
relieves a regional forester or the Secretary concerned from an
obligation to comply with any requirement relating to an
appointment to a resource advisory committee, including any
requirement with respect to civil rights or advertising a
vacancy.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Termination of effectiveness.--The authority
provided under this subsection terminates on October 1,
2028.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization
Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.
(a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal
Land.--
(1) Secure payments.--Section 101 of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7111) is amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking
``2023'' each place it appears and inserting ``2026''.
(2) Distribution of payments to eligible counties.--Section
103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is amended by
striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2026''.
(b) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on Federal
Land.--
(1) Committee composition waiver authority.--Section
205(d)(6)(C) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)(6)(C)) is amended
by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2026''.
(2) Extension of authority.--Section 208 of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 7128) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and
inserting ``2028''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and
inserting ``2029''.
(c) Extension of Authority To Expend County Funds.--Section 305 of
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
``2028''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting
``2029''.
SEC. 3. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PILOT PROGRAM EXTENSION.
Section 205(g) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(g)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2023'' and inserting
``2026''; and
(2) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``the date described in paragraph (5)'' and
inserting ``October 1, 2023''.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Resource Advisory Committees.--Section 205 of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``concerned,''
and inserting ``concerned''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the date of the
enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``October 3,
2008''; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ``to extent'' and
inserting ``to the extent''.
(b) Use of Project Funds.--Section 206(b)(2) of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7126(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``concerned,'' and inserting
``concerned''.
Calendar No. 354
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2581
[Report No. 118-163]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 8, 2024
Reported with an amendment