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Senate Bill 2581
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023
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S. 2581 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2581


To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 27, 2023

Mr. Crapo (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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,

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) 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”.

(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 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:

“(g) Pilot program for resource advisory committee appointments by regional foresters.—

“(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.

“(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.

“(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.

“(4) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The authority provided under this subsection terminates on October 1, 2028.”.