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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 17 

To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. DICKS, Mr. BARTON of Texas, 

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. HERGER, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HASTINGS of 

Washington, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. BERRY, Mr. RADANOVICH, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 

UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. PETERSON of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. REHBERG, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. RENZI, 

Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Ms. 

SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 

Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Rural Schools 

3 and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act 

4 of 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

6 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

7 OF 2000. 

8 (a) EXTENSION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2013.—The 

9 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

10 Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) in sections 101(a), 203(a)(1), 207(a), 208, 

13 303, and 401, by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 

15 (2) in section 208, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in16 serting ‘‘2014’’; and 

17 (3) in section 303, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in18 serting ‘‘2014,’’. 

19 (b) AUTHORITY TO RESUME RECEIPT OF 25- OR 50- 

20 PERCENT PAYMENTS.— 

21 (1) 25-PERCENT PAYMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 

22 the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De23 termination Act of 2000 is amended— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘of the 

25 Treasury’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

26 (B) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

2 ‘‘, including such an election made during 

3 the last quarter of fiscal year 2006 under 

4 this paragraph,’’ after ‘‘25-percent pay5 ment’’; and 

6 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

7 ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

8 year 2013, except that the Secretary of the 

9 Treasury shall give the county the oppor10 tunity to elect, in writing during the last 

11 quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiv12 ing the 25-percent payment effective with 

13 the payment for fiscal year 2007’’. 

14 (2) 50-PERCENT PAYMENTS.—Section 

15 103(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

16 year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2013, except 

17 that the Secretary of the Treasury shall give the 

18 county the opportunity to elect, in writing during the 

19 last quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiving 

20 the 50-percent payment effective with the payment 

21 for fiscal year 2007’’. 

22 (c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING SOURCE OF PAY23 MENTS.— 

24 (1) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES FROM NA25 TIONAL FOREST LANDS.—Section 102(b)(3) of the 


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1 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter2 mination Act of 2000 is amended— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘trust fund,’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘trust funds, permanent funds,’’; 

5 (B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘and’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

7 sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de8 termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 

9 year, all revenues, fees, penalties, and miscella10 neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen11 tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 

12 trust funds, permanent funds, and special ac13 counts, that are received during that fiscal year 

14 shall be reserved to make payments under this 

15 section for that fiscal year.’’. 

16 (2) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES FROM

17 BLM LANDS.—Section 103(b)(2) of such Act is 

18 amended— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘trust fund,’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘trust funds’’; 

21 (B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

23 sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de24 termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 

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1 neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen2 tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 

3 trust funds and permanent operating funds, 

4 that are received during that fiscal year shall be 

5 reserved to make payments under this section 

6 for that fiscal year.’’. 

7 (d) TERM FOR RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

8 MEMBERS; REAPPOINTMENT.—Section 205(c)(1) of the 

9 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

10 Act of 2000 is amended— 

11 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

12 Secretary concerned may reappoint members to’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘A member of a resource advisory 

14 committee may be reappointed for one or more’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen17 tence: ‘‘Section 1803(c) of the Food and Agriculture 

18 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2283(c)) shall not apply to 

19 a resource advisory committee established by the 

20 Secretary of Agriculture.’’. 

21 (e) REVISION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 

22 204(e)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

23 Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Sec25 retary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘approved 


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1 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘At the request of a resource 

2 advisory committee, the Secretary concerned may es3 tablish a pilot program to implement one or more of 

4 the projects proposed by the resource advisory com5 mittee under section 203’’; 

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); 

7 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘by the 

8 Secretary concerned’’; 

9 (4) in subparagraph (D)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ in the 

11 first sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot programs es12 tablished under subparagraph (A)’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘the pilot program is’’ in 

14 the second sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot pro15 grams are’’; and 

16 (5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), 

17 and (E), as so amended, as subparagraphs (B), (C), 

18 and (D). 

19 (f) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

20 REGARDING COUNTY PROJECTS.— 

21 (1) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 

22 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self23 Determination Act of 2000 is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE2 MENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days 

4 after the end of each fiscal year during which county 

5 funds are obligated for projects under this title, the 

6 participating county shall submit to the Secretary 

7 concerned written notification specifying— 

8 ‘‘(A) each project for which the partici9 pating county obligated county funds during 

10 that fiscal year; 

11 ‘‘(B) the authorized use specified in sub12 section (b) that the project satisfies; and 

13 ‘‘(C) the amount of county funds obligated 

14 or expended under the project during that fiscal 

15 year, including expenditures on Federal lands, 

16 State lands, and private lands. 

17 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary concerned shall 

18 review the notifications submitted under paragraph 

19 (1) for a fiscal year for the purpose of assessing the 

20 success of participating counties in achieving the 

21 purposes of this title. 

22 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary con23 cerned shall prepare an annual report containing the 

24 results of the most-recent review conducted under 


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1 paragraph (2) and a summary of the notifications 

2 covered by the review. 

3 ‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report re4 quired by paragraph (3) for a fiscal year shall be 

5 submitted to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri6 tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy 

7 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Agriculture and the Committee on Re9 sources of the House of Representatives not later 

10 than 150 days after the end of that fiscal year.’’. 

11 (2) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY CONCERNED.— 

12 Section 301 of such Act is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec15 retary concerned’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture or the 

17 designee of the Secretary of Agriculture, with 

18 respect to county funds reserved under section 

19 102(d)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 

20 with this title; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior or the 

22 designee of the Secretary of the Interior, with 

23 respect to county funds reserved under section 

24 103(c)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 

25 with this title.’’. 


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1 (3) REFERENCES TO PARTICIPATING COUN2 TY.—Section 302(b) of such Act is amended— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘An eligible county’’ each 

4 place it appears in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 

5 and inserting ‘‘A participating county’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘A county’’ each place it 

7 appears in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) and in8 serting ‘‘A participating county’’. 

9 (g) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 205(a)(3) of 

10 the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina11 tion Act of 2000 is amended by striking the comma after 

12 ‘‘the Secretary concerned may’’. 

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