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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1027 

To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

of 2000. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 3, 2017 

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. 

RISCH, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. DAINES, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. TESTER, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BENNET, 

and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND 

4 COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 

5 2000. 

6 (a) SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES AND COUNTIES

7 CONTAINING FEDERAL LAND.— 

8 (1) SECURE PAYMENTS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Se2 cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter3 mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is 

4 amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

5 ‘‘2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘2017’’. 

7 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016

8 PAYMENTS.—Section 101 of the Secure Rural 

9 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

10 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended by add11 ing at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 PAY13 MENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) STATE PAYMENT.—If an eligible county in 

15 a State that will receive a share of the State pay16 ment for fiscal year 2016 has already received, or 

17 will receive, a share of the 25-percent payment for 

18 fiscal year 2016 distributed to the State before the 

19 date of enactment of this subsection, the amount of 

20 the State payment shall be reduced by the amount 

21 of the share of the eligible county of the 25-percent 

22 payment. 

23 ‘‘(2) COUNTY PAYMENT.—If an eligible county 

24 that will receive a county payment for fiscal year 

25 2016 has already received a 50-percent payment for 


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1 fiscal year 2016, the amount of the county payment 

2 shall be reduced by the amount of the 50-percent 

3 payment. 

4 ‘‘(3) PROMPT PAYMENT.—Not later than 45 

5 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

6 the Secretary of the Treasury shall make all pay7 ments under this title for fiscal year 2016.’’. 

8 (2) PAYMENTS TO STATES AND COUNTIES.— 

9 (A) ELECTION TO RECEIVE PAYMENT

10 AMOUNT.—Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural 

11 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

12 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub14 paragraph (C) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(C) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014

16 THROUGH 2017.—The election otherwise re17 quired by subparagraph (A) shall not apply for 

18 each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’; and 

19 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik21 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2014 and 2015’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2014 

23 through 2017’’; and 


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1 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

2 striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2017’’. 

4 (B) EXPENDITURE RULES FOR ELIGIBLE

5 COUNTIES.—Section 102(d) of the Secure Rural 

6 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

7 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended— 

8 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub9 paragraph (E) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(E) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014

11 THROUGH 2017.—The election made by an eligi12 ble county under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) 

13 for fiscal year 2013, or deemed to be made by 

14 the county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fis15 cal year, shall be effective for each of fiscal 

16 years 2014 through 2017.’’; and 

17 (ii) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (I) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 

19 striking ‘‘purpose described in section 

20 202(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes de21 scribed in section 202(b), section 

22 203(c), or section 204(a)(5)’’; and 

23 (II) by striking subparagraph (C) 

24 and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014

2 THROUGH 2017.—This paragraph does not 

3 apply for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

4 2017.’’. 

5 (C) TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL

6 FUNDING.—Section 102 of the Secure Rural 

7 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 

8 of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by add9 ing at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.— 

11 None of the funds made available to an eligible county 

12 under this Act may be used in lieu of, or to otherwise off13 set, a State funding source for a local school, facility, or 

14 educational purpose.’’. 

15 (D) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS TO ELI16 GIBLE COUNTIES.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Se17 cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter18 mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2017’’. 

21 (b) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT

22 SPECIAL PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND.— 

23 (1) REPEAL OF CONTRACTING PILOT PRO24 GRAM.—Section 204(e) of the Secure Rural Schools 

25 and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 


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1 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking paragraph 

2 (3). 

3 (2) RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—Sec4 tion 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and 

5 Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 

6 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ 

7 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

8 (3) AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS.—Sec9 tion 207(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and 

10 Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 

11 U.S.C. 7127(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub12 paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)(i), 

13 (B)(ii),’’. 

14 (4) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 

15 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

16 Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is 

17 amended— 

18 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 

20 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

22 (c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 304 of 

23 the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina24 tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

5 (d) OFFSET.—It is the sense of the Senate that the 

6 costs of carrying out this section and the amendments 

7 made by this section will be offset. 

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