To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced
Summary
Extend Secure Rural Schools payment authorities through 2026. This bill would renew the law that sends federal timber-revenue payments to States and eligible counties and add special, short-term rules for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 that change payment timing and elections.
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- Counties and States: It would create special FY 2024 and FY 2025 rules that adjust State and county shares. Some State payments would be reduced by any prior 25 percent payments, and some county payments would be reduced by prior 50 percent payments. The Secretary of the Treasury would have to make all FY 2024 and FY 2025 payments within 45 days after enactment. It would also make certain county election choices from FY 2023 carry forward for FY 2024 and FY 2025 and suspend some election options for those years.
- Special projects and county spending limits: It would extend authorities for special projects on Federal land and for counties to spend program funds, moving some deadlines to 2028 and 2029 to keep project and spending rules in force.
- Resource Advisory Committees and cleanup fixes: It would extend the Resource Advisory Committee pilot program to 2026, remove one pilot element, and make minor technical edits to punctuation and historic date references to clarify the statute.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Keep rural payments and choices
If enacted, the bill would extend Secure Rural Schools payment authority through fiscal year 2026. Counties that made a FY2023 payment choice would keep that choice for FY2024 and FY2025. If enacted, Treasury would have to make all FY2024 and FY2025 payments within 45 days after enactment.
Longer project and spending authority
If enacted, the bill would extend authority for special projects on Federal land and for counties to spend project funds. Subsection (a) dates would move to 2028 and subsection (b) dates to 2029, letting counties and partners run and pay for projects longer.
Later payments offset earlier advances
If enacted, the bill would reduce FY2024 and FY2025 county and State payments to offset earlier partial payments. A county's final payment would be lowered by any 50% payment it already got. A State's payment would be lowered by any county share already paid from the State's 25% distribution.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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