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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1383
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY14, 2025
Mr. L
AMALFA(for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania,
Ms. H
OYLEof Oregon, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. BENTZ, and Mr. ZINKE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Rural Schools 4
Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COM-1
MUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000. 2
(a) S
ECUREPAYMENTS FORSTATES ANDCOUNTIES 3
C
ONTAININGFEDERALLAND.— 4
(1) S
ECURE PAYMENTS .—Section 101 of the 5
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-6
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amend-7
ed— 8
(A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 9
‘‘2023’’ each place it appears and inserting 10
‘‘2026’’; and 11
(B) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(e) S
PECIALRULE FORFISCALYEAR2024 AND 13
2025 P
AYMENTS.— 14
‘‘(1) S
TATE PAYMENT.—If an eligible county in 15
a State that will receive a share of the State pay-16
ment for fiscal year 2024 or 2025 has already re-17
ceived, or will receive, a share of the 25-percent pay-18
ment for that fiscal year distributed to the State be-19
fore the date of enactment of this subsection, the 20
amount of the State payment shall be reduced by 21
the amount of the share of the eligible county of the 22
25-percent payment. 23
‘‘(2) C
OUNTY PAYMENT.—If an eligible county 24
that will receive a county payment for fiscal year 25
2024 or 2025 has already received a 50-percent pay-26
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ment for that fiscal year, the amount of the county 1
payment shall be reduced by the amount of the 50- 2
percent payment. 3
‘‘(3) P
ROMPT PAYMENT .—Not later than 45 4
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 5
the Secretary of the Treasury shall make all pay-6
ments under this title for each of fiscal years 2024 7
and 2025.’’. 8
(2) D
ISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE 9
COUNTIES.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural 10
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 11
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is amended by striking 12
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 13
(b) P
AYMENTS TOSTATES ANDCOUNTIES.—Section 14
102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-15
termination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended— 16
(1) in subsection (b)— 17
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 18
the following: 19
‘‘(E) P
AYMENTS FOR EACH OF FISCAL 20
YEARS 2024 AND 2025.—The election otherwise 21
required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply 22
for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.’’; and 23
(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 24
the following: 25
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‘‘(C) FISCAL YEARS 2024 AND 2025 .—The 1
election described in paragraph (1)(A) applica-2
ble to a county in fiscal year 2023 shall be ef-3
fective for each of fiscal years 2024 and 4
2025.’’; and 5
(2) in subsection (d)— 6
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 7
the following: 8
‘‘(G) P
AYMENTS FOR EACH OF FISCAL 9
YEARS 2024 AND 2025.—The election made by 10
an eligible county under subparagraph (B), (C), 11
or (D) for fiscal year 2023, or deemed to be 12
made by the county under paragraph (3)(B) for 13
that fiscal year, shall be effective for each of 14
fiscal years 2024 and 2025.’’; and 15
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 16
the following: 17
‘‘(E) P
AYMENTS FOR EACH OF FISCAL 18
YEARS 2024 AND 2025.—This paragraph does 19
not apply for each of fiscal years 2024 and 20
2025.’’. 21
(c) E
XTENSION OFAUTHORITYTOCONDUCTSPE-22
CIALPROJECTS ONFEDERALLAND.— 23
(1) C
OMMITTEE COMPOSITION WAIVER AUTHOR -24
ITY.—Section 205(d)(6)(C) of the Secure Rural 25
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Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 1
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)(6)(C)) is amended by 2
striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 3
(2) E
XTENSION OF AUTHORITY .—Section 208 4
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 5
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is 6
amended— 7
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2025’’ 8
and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 9
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2026’’ 10
and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 11
(d) E
XTENSION OFAUTHORITYTOEXPENDCOUNTY 12
F
UNDS.—Section 305 of the Secure Rural Schools and 13
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 14
7144) is amended— 15
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 16
inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 17
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2026’’ and 18
inserting ‘‘2029’’. 19
SEC. 3. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PILOT PRO-20
GRAM EXTENSION. 21
Section 205(g) of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-22
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 23
7125(g)) is amended— 24
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(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 1
inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 2
(2) by striking paragraph (6). 3
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 4
(a) R
ESOURCEADVISORYCOMMITTEES.—Section 5
205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-6
termination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is amended— 7
(1) in subsection (c)— 8
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘con-9
cerned,’’ and inserting ‘‘concerned’’; and 10
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the date 11
of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 12
‘‘October 3, 2008’’; and 13
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘to extent’’ 14
and inserting ‘‘to the extent’’. 15
(b) U
SE OFPROJECTFUNDS.—Section 206(b)(2) of 16
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina-17
tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7126(b)(2)) is amended by 18
striking ‘‘concerned,’’ and inserting ‘‘concerned’’. 19
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