[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5578-S5579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2157. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Risch) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by
Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
Strike section 41202 of division D and insert the
following:
SEC. 41202. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.
(a) Definition of Full Funding Amount.--Section 3(11) of
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7102(11)) is amended by striking
subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the following:
``(D) for fiscal year 2017, the amount that is equal to 95
percent of the full funding amount for fiscal year 2015;
``(E) for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020, the
amount that is equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount
for the preceding fiscal year; and
``(F) for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter,
the amount that is equal to the full funding amount for
fiscal year 2017.''.
(b) 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 ``2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2015 and 2017 through 2023''.
(2) County payment elections.--Section 102(b) of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and August 1 of each
second fiscal year thereafter'' and inserting ``by August 1
of each second fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year
2021, and by September 30, 2022, for the payment for fiscal
year 2022''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D)--
(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``2020'' and
inserting ``2021''; and
(II) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``2020'' and inserting
``2021''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) by striking ``2013, the election'' and inserting
``2013'';
(II) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021'';
(III) by striking ``If a county elects'' and inserting the
following:
``(i) Election for fiscal year 2013.--A county election'';
and
(IV) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) Election for fiscal year 2022.--A county election to
receive a share of the State payment or county payment for
fiscal year 2022 shall be effective for each of fiscal years
2022 and 2023.''.
(3) County allocation elections.--Section 102(d) of the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (F) of paragraph (1)--
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``2020'' and
inserting ``2021''; and
(ii) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''; and
(B) in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3)--
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``2020'' and
inserting ``2021''; and
(ii) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.
(4) 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 ``2020'' and inserting ``2023''.
(c) Pilot Program To Streamline Nomination of Members of
Resource Advisory Committees.--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) Resource Advisory Committee Appointment Pilot
Programs.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Applicable designee.--The term `applicable designee'
means the applicable regional forester.
``(B) National pilot program.--The term `national pilot
program' means the national pilot program established under
paragraph (4)(A).
``(C) Regional pilot program.--The term `regional pilot
program' means the regional pilot program established under
paragraph (3)(A).
``(2) Establishment of pilot programs.--In accordance with
paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary concerned shall carry
out 2 pilot programs to appoint members of resource advisory
committees.
``(3) Regional pilot program.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall carry out
a regional pilot program to allow an applicable designee to
appoint members of resource advisory committees.
``(B) Geographic limitation.--The regional pilot program
shall only apply to resource advisory committees chartered
in--
``(i) the State of Montana; and
``(ii) the State of Arizona.
``(C) Responsibilities of applicable designee.--
``(i) Review.--Before appointing a member of a resource
advisory committee under the regional pilot program, an
applicable designee shall conduct the review and analysis
that would otherwise be conducted for an appointment to a
resource advisory committee if the regional pilot program was
not in effect, including any review and analysis with respect
to civil rights and budgetary requirements.
``(ii) Savings clause.--Nothing in this paragraph relieves
an applicable designee from any requirement developed by the
Secretary concerned for making an appointment to a resource
advisory committee that is in effect on December 20, 2018,
including any requirement for advertising a vacancy.
``(4) National pilot program.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall carry out
a national pilot program to allow the Chief of the Forest
Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, as
applicable, to submit to the Secretary concerned nominations
of individuals for appointment as members of resource
advisory committees.
``(B) Appointment.--Under the national pilot program,
subject to subparagraph (C), not later than 30 days after the
date on which a nomination is transmitted to the Secretary
concerned under subparagraph (A), the Secretary concerned
shall--
``(i) appoint the nominee to the applicable resource
advisory committee; or
``(ii) reject the nomination.
``(C) Automatic appointment.--If the Secretary concerned
does not act on a nomination in accordance with subparagraph
(B) by the date described in that subparagraph, the nominee
shall be deemed appointed to the applicable resource advisory
committee.
``(D) Geographic limitation.--The national pilot program
shall apply to a resource advisory committee chartered in any
State other than--
``(i) the State of Montana; or
``(ii) the State of Arizona.
``(E) Savings clause.--Nothing in this paragraph relieves
the Secretary concerned from any requirement relating to an
appointment to a resource advisory committee, including any
requirement with respect to civil rights or advertising a
vacancy.
``(5) Termination of effectiveness.--The authority provided
under this subsection terminates on October 1, 2023.
``(6) Report to congress.--Not later 180 days after the
date described in paragraph (5), the Secretary concerned
shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
``(A) with respect to appointments made under the regional
pilot program compared to appointments made under the
national pilot program, a description of the extent to
which--
``(i) appointments were faster or slower; and
``(ii) the requirements described in paragraph (3)(C)(i)
differ; and
``(B) a recommendation with respect to whether Congress
should terminate, continue, modify, or expand the pilot
programs.''.
(d) 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
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(16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``December 20,
2021'' each place it appears and inserting ``December 20,
2023''.
(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 ``2022'' and inserting
``2025''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``2023'' and inserting
``2026''.
(e) Access to Broadband and Other Technology.--Section
302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7142(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(5) to provide or expand access to--
``(A) broadband telecommunications services at local
schools; or
``(B) the technology and connectivity necessary for
students to use a digital learning tool at or outside of a
local school campus.''.
(f) Extension of Authority To Expend County Funds.--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 ``2022'' and inserting
``2025''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2023'' and inserting
``2026''.
(g) Amounts Obligated but Unspent; Prohibition on Use of
Funds.--Title III of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7141 et seq.) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating section 304 as section 305; and
(2) by inserting after section 303 the following:
``SEC. 304. AMOUNTS OBLIGATED BUT UNSPENT; PROHIBITION ON USE
OF FUNDS.
``(a) Amounts Obligated but Unspent.--Any county funds that
were obligated by the applicable participating county before
October 1, 2017, but are unspent on October 1, 2020--
``(1) may, at the option of the participating county, be
deemed to have been reserved by the participating county on
October 1, 2020, for expenditure in accordance with this
title; and
``(2)(A) may be used by the participating county for any
authorized use under section 302(a); and
``(B) on a determination by the participating county under
subparagraph (A) to use the county funds, shall be available
for projects initiated after October 1, 2020, subject to
section 305.
``(b) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, effective beginning on the date of
enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, no
county funds made available under this title may be used by
any participating county for any lobbying activity,
regardless of the purpose for which the funds are obligated
on or before that date.''.
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