[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 267 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 267

      To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
           Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
           Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

    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 and Community 
Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
              DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.

    (a) Extension Through Fiscal Year 2013.--The Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 
U.S.C. 500 note) is amended--
            (1) in sections 101(a), 203(a)(1), 207(a), 208, 303, and 
        401, by striking ``2006'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``2013'';
            (2) in section 208, by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2014''; and
            (3) in section 303, by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
        ``2014,''.
    (b) Authority to Resume Receipt of 25- or 50-percent Payments.--
            (1) 25-percent payments.--Section 102(b) of the Secure 
        Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``of the 
                Treasury'' after ``Secretary''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, 
                        including such an election made during the last 
                        quarter of fiscal year 2006 under this 
                        paragraph,'' after ``25-percent payment''; and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``fiscal year 2006'' and inserting ``fiscal 
                        year 2013, except that the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury shall give the county the opportunity 
                        to elect, in writing during the last quarter of 
                        fiscal year 2006, to begin receiving the 25-
                        percent payment effective with the payment for 
                        fiscal year 2007''.
            (2) 50-percent payments.--Section 103(b)(1) of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``fiscal year 2006'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2013, except that the Secretary of the Treasury shall give 
        the county the opportunity to elect, in writing during the last 
        quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiving the 50-percent 
        payment effective with the payment for fiscal year 2007''.
    (c) Clarification Regarding Source of Payments.--
            (1) Payments to eligible states from national forest 
        lands.--Section 102(b)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
        Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``trust fund,'' and inserting 
                ``trust funds, permanent funds,'';
                    (B) by inserting a comma after ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``If the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
                that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal year, all 
                revenues, fees, penalties, and miscellaneous receipts 
                referred to in the preceding sentence, exclusive of 
                required deposits to relevant trust funds, permanent 
                funds, and special accounts, that are received during 
                that fiscal year shall be reserved to make payments 
                under this section for that fiscal year.''.
            (2) Payments to eligible counties from blm lands.--Section 
        103(b)(2) of such Act is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``trust fund,'' and inserting 
                ``trust funds'';
                    (B) by inserting a comma after ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``If the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
                that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal year, all 
                revenues, fees, penalties, and miscellaneous receipts 
                referred to in the preceding sentence, exclusive of 
                required deposits to relevant trust funds and permanent 
                operating funds, that are received during that fiscal 
                year shall be reserved to make payments under this 
                section for that fiscal year.''.
    (d) Term for Resource Advisory Committee Members; Reappointment.--
Section 205(c)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 is amended--
            (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Secretary 
        concerned may reappoint members to'' and inserting ``A member 
        of a resource advisory committee may be reappointed for one or 
        more''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Section 1803(c) of Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
        2283(c)) shall not apply to a resource advisory committee 
        established by the Secretary of Agriculture.''.
    (e) Revision of Pilot Program.--Section 204(e)(3) of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
        all that follows through ``approved projects'' and inserting 
        ``At the request of a resource advisory committee, the 
        Secretary concerned may establish a pilot program to implement 
        one or more of the projects proposed by the resource advisory 
        committee under section 203'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``by the Secretary 
        concerned'';
            (4) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) by striking ``the pilot program'' in the first 
                sentence and inserting ``pilot programs established 
                under subparagraph (A)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the pilot program is'' in the 
                second sentence and inserting ``pilot programs are''; 
                and
            (5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), as so 
        amended, as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D).
    (f) Notification and Reporting Requirements Regarding County 
Projects.--
            (1) Additional requirements.--Section 302 of the Secure 
        Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Notification and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Notification.--Not later than 90 days after the end 
        of each fiscal year during which county funds are obligated for 
        projects under this title, the participating county shall 
        submit to the Secretary concerned written notification 
        specifying--
                    ``(A) each project for which the participating 
                county obligated county funds during that fiscal year;
                    ``(B) the authorized use specified in subsection 
                (b) that the project satisfies; and
                    ``(C) the amount of county funds obligated or 
                expended under the project during that fiscal year, 
                including expenditures on Federal lands, State lands, 
                and private lands.
            ``(2) Review.--The Secretary concerned shall review the 
        notifications submitted under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year 
        for the purpose of assessing the success of participating 
        counties in achieving the purposes of this title.
            ``(3) Annual report.--The Secretary concerned shall prepare 
        an annual report containing the results of the most-recent 
        review conducted under paragraph (2) and a summary of the 
        notifications covered by the review.
            ``(4) Submission of report.--The report required by 
        paragraph (3) for a fiscal year shall be submitted to the 
        Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the 
        Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Resources of the 
        House of Representatives not later than 150 days after the end 
        of that fiscal year.''.
            (2) Definition of secretary concerned.--Section 301 of such 
        Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Secretary concerned.--The term `Secretary concerned' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee 
                of the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to county 
                funds reserved under section 102(d)(1)(B)(ii) for 
                expenditure in accordance with this title;
                    ``(B) the Secretary of the Interior or the designee 
                of the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                county funds reserved under section 103(c)(1)(B)(ii) 
                for expenditure in accordance with this title.''.
            (3) References to participating county.--Section 302(b) of 
        such Act is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``An eligible county'' each place 
                it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
                inserting ``A participating county''; and
                    (B) by striking ``A county'' each place it appears 
                in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting ``A 
                participating county''.
    (g) Technical Correction.--Section 205(a)(3) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended by 
striking the comma after ``the Secretary concerned may''.
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