[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 356 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.356
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
An Act
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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization
Act of 2025''.
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--
(A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``2023'' each
place it appears and inserting ``2026''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Special Rule for Fiscal Year 2024 and 2025 Payments.--
``(1) State payment.--If an eligible county in a State that
will receive a share of the State payment for fiscal year 2024 or
2025 has already received, or will receive, a share of the 25-
percent payment for that fiscal year distributed to the State
before the date of enactment of this subsection, the amount of the
State payment shall be reduced by the amount of the share of the
eligible county of the 25-percent payment.
``(2) County payment.--If an eligible county that will receive
a county payment for fiscal year 2024 or 2025 has already received
a 50-percent payment for that fiscal year, the amount of the county
payment shall be reduced by the amount of the 50-percent payment.
``(3) Prompt payment.--Not later than 45 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
make all payments under this title for each of fiscal years 2024
and 2025.''.
(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) Payments to States and Counties.--Section 102 of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7112) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The
election otherwise required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply
for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The election described
in paragraph (1)(A) applicable to a county in fiscal year 2023
shall be effective for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.'';
and
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
``(G) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The
election made by an eligible county under subparagraph (B),
(C), or (D) for fiscal year 2023, or deemed to be made by the
county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fiscal year, shall be
effective for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--
This paragraph does not apply for each of fiscal years 2024 and
2025.''.
(c) 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''.
(d) 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) by striking paragraph (6).
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''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.