[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2581

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, and Mr. Merkley) 
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 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.''.
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