[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4637]
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  SA 2276. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, and Mr. 
Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. 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''.
       (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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