[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2288]
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  SA 1646. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, Mr. Merkley, 
and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division E, insert 
     the following:


extension of secure rural schools and community self-determination act 
                                of 2000

       Sec. 1__.  (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties 
     Containing Federal Land.--(1) 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) 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) 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) 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''.
       (d) 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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