[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 178 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S7042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5163. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
Merkley, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Udall) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
2028, making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY 
                   SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.

       (a) Secure Payments for States Containing Federal Land.--
     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 ``2015'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2016''.
       (b) Payments to States and Counties.--Section 102 of the 
     Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
     2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(C) Payments for fiscal year 2014, 2015, or 2016.--The 
     election otherwise required by subparagraph (A) shall not 
     apply for fiscal year 2014, 2015, or 2016.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``fiscal years 2014 
     and 2015'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 
     2016''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``fiscal year 2015'' 
     and inserting ``fiscal year 2016''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (E) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(E) Payments for fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016.--The 
     election made by an eligible county under subparagraph (B), 
     (C), or (D) for fiscal year 2013, or deemed to be made by the 
     county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fiscal year, shall be 
     effective for fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(C) Payments for fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016.--This 
     paragraph does not apply for fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 
     2016.''.
       (c) Transition Payments to States.--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 
     ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
       (d) Resource 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 ``2012'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``2016''.
       (e) Termination of Authority.--Section 208 of the Secure 
     Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
     (16 U.S.C. 7128) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2017'' and inserting 
     ``2018''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
     ``2019''.
       (f) County Funds Termination of Authority.--Section 304 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 ``2017'' and inserting 
     ``2018''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
     ``2019''.
       (g) Offset.--It is the sense of the Senate the costs of 
     carrying out this section and the amendments made by this 
     section will be offset.
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