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[S. 2581 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 354
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2581

                          [Report No. 118-163]

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, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Braun, 
Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Romney, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. 
   Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Rosen, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
   Kelly, Mr. Tester, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
  Sinema, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Peters, and Ms. 
    Butler) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

                             April 8, 2024

               Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Rural Schools 
Reauthorization Act of 2023''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
              DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing 
Federal Land.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on 
Federal Land.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a), by striking 
                ``2025'' and inserting ``2028''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), by striking 
                ``2026'' and inserting ``2029''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and 
        inserting ``2028''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and 
        inserting ``2029''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PILOT PROGRAM 
              EXTENSION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Pilot Program for Resource Advisory Committee 
Appointments by Regional Foresters.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Termination of effectiveness.--The authority 
        provided under this subsection terminates on October 1, 
        2028.''.</DELETED>

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) 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''.
    (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(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) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``the date described in paragraph (5)'' and 
        inserting ``October 1, 2023''.

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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 354

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2581

                          [Report No. 118-163]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 8, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment