# 119-hr-6535: To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

119-hr-6535, To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6535
- Congress: 119
- Title: To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Extends core Secure Rural Schools payments and program authorities** to keep federal support flowing to counties and states that host federal land while adding a temporary payment rule for 2024–2025 and fixing statutory language. - Keeps the program's payment base and distribution timetable in place through 2026. It also makes technical fixes and updates wording and date references across several SRSA provisions. - Applies a temporary special rule for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 that changes how state and county shares are calculated and requires prompt payment after enactment. - Extends authorities for special projects on federal land, resource advisory committees, and county fund spending into the late 2020s, moving some program deadlines to 2028 and 2029.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Extend Resource Advisory Committee powers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would extend authorities for special projects on federal land and the use of county funds into later fiscal years. It would extend Resource Advisory Committee waiver and pilot authorities through fiscal year 2026 and correct a date reference to October 3, 2008. The changes woul…
- Extend Rural Schools payments to 2026: benefit, low. If enacted, States and eligible counties would keep getting Secure Rural Schools payments through fiscal year 2026. The bill would replace references to 2023 with 2026 in the payment base and distribution timetable. The change would take effect upon enactment.
- County payment timing and rules: mixed, low. If enacted, the Treasury would have to pay all amounts under this title for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 within 45 days after the subsection takes effect. The bill would make a county's 2023 payment election effective for 2024 and 2025 and would suspend the normally required new-election rule for tho…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-9070: OPEN Act
- 119-hr-5782: Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6535 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6535)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10061)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-9070: OPEN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9070)
- [119-hr-5782: Western Wildfire Support Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5782)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6535 (as of 2026-09-21).