To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would extend the Secure Rural Schools program and adjust payments for fiscal years 2024–2025. It swaps date references so core authorities continue through 2026–2029 and creates a temporary payment rule for 2024 and 2025.
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- Counties and local governments would see 2024–25 payments reduced by the portion of any 50% payments already made, and elections counties made for 2023 would carry forward for 2024–25. Rules also extend counties' spending authority through 2028–2029 and require Treasury to make all FY2024–25 payments within 45 days after enactment.
- States would have their 2024–25 payments reduced by the share attributed to eligible counties' 25% payments.
- The bill would extend authority for special projects on Federal land and the Resource Advisory Committee pilot through 2026, and push other program authorities to 2028–2029. It also makes targeted technical corrections to dates and wording to ensure consistency across the law.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Carry forward county election choices
This bill would make a county's FY2023 payment election effective for FY2024 and FY2025. It would suspend one election rule and waive another for those two years.
Extend rural schools program dates
This bill would extend end dates in the Secure Rural Schools law. It would replace many 2023 dates with 2026. It would move some program deadlines to 2028 and 2029. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Speed up FY2024 and FY2025 payments
This bill would require the Treasury to make all payments under this title for FY2024 and FY2025 within 45 days after the rule is enacted. That would speed near-term cash flow to States and eligible counties.
Reduce county and State payments
For FY2024 and FY2025, this bill would reduce county payments by any 50% advance already paid to that county. It would reduce a State's payment by any county share of a 25% advance the State received. These reductions apply only where those advances were already made.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
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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