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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 517

To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2005

Mr. WALDEN of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BOYD, 

Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. POMBO, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 

REHBERG, Mr. ROSS, Miss MCMORRIS, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. 

HOOLEY, Mr. HAYES, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. 

SPRATT, and Mr. BAIRD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

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

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act 

6 of 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

2 AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 

3 OF 2000. 

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

5 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

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

7 is amended— 

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

9 303, and 401, by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 

11 (2) in section 208, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in12 serting ‘‘2014’’; and 

13 (3) in section 303, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in14 serting ‘‘2014,’’. 

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

16 PERCENT PAYMENTS.— 

17 (1) 25-PERCENT PAYMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 

18 the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De19 termination Act of 2000 is amended— 

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

21 Treasury’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

24 ‘‘, including such an election made during 

25 the last quarter of fiscal year 2006 under 
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1 this paragraph,’’ after ‘‘25-percent pay2 ment’’; and 

3 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

4 ‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

5 year 2013, except that the Secretary of the 

6 Treasury shall give the county the oppor7 tunity to elect, in writing during the last 

8 quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiv9 ing the 25-percent payment effective with 

10 the payment for fiscal year 2007’’. 

11 (2) 50-PERCENT PAYMENTS.—Section 

12 103(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

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

14 that the Secretary of the Treasury shall give the 

15 county the opportunity to elect, in writing during the 

16 last quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiving 

17 the 50-percent payment effective with the payment 

18 for fiscal year 2007’’. 

19 (c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING SOURCE OF PAY20 MENTS.— 

21 (1) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES FROM NA22 TIONAL FOREST LANDS.—Section 102(b)(3) of the 

23 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter24 mination Act of 2000 is amended— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘trust fund,’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘trust funds, permanent funds,’’; 

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

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

5 sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de6 termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 

7 year, all revenues, fees, penalties, and miscella8 neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen9 tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 

10 trust funds, permanent funds, and special ac11 counts, that are received during that fiscal year 

12 shall be reserved to make payments under this 

13 section for that fiscal year.’’. 

14 (2) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES FROM

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

16 amended— 

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

18 ‘‘trust funds’’; 

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

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

21 sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de22 termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 

23 year, all revenues, fees, penalties, and miscella24 neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen25 tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 
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1 trust funds and permanent operating funds, 

2 that are received during that fiscal year shall be 

3 reserved to make payments under this section 

4 for that fiscal year.’’. 

5 (d) TERM FOR RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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

7 Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

8 Act of 2000 is amended— 

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

10 Secretary concerned may reappoint members to’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘A member of a resource advisory 

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

13 and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen15 tence: ‘‘Section 1803(c) of Food and Agriculture Act 

16 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2283(c)) shall not apply to a re17 source advisory committee established by the Sec18 retary of Agriculture.’’. 

19 (e) REVISION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 

20 204(e)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

21 Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Sec23 retary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘approved 

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

25 advisory committee, the Secretary concerned may es-
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1 tablish a pilot program to implement one or more of 

2 the projects proposed by the resource advisory com3 mittee under section 203’’; 

4 (2) by striking subparagraph (B); 

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

6 Secretary concerned’’; 

7 (4) in subparagraph (D)— 

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

9 first sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot programs es10 tablished under subparagraph (A)’’; and 

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

12 the second sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot pro13 grams are’’; and 

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

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

16 and (D). 

17 (f) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

18 REGARDING COUNTY PROJECTS.— 

19 (1) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 

20 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self21 Determination Act of 2000 is amended by adding at 

22 the end the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE24 MENTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the end of each fiscal year during which county 

3 funds are obligated for projects under this title, the 

4 participating county shall submit to the Secretary 

5 concerned written notification specifying— 

6 ‘‘(A) each project for which the partici7 pating county obligated county funds during 

8 that fiscal year; 

9 ‘‘(B) the authorized use specified in sub10 section (b) that the project satisfies; and 

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

12 or expended under the project during that fiscal 

13 year, including expenditures on Federal lands, 

14 State lands, and private lands. 

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

16 review the notifications submitted under paragraph 

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

18 success of participating counties in achieving the 

19 purposes of this title. 

20 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary con21 cerned shall prepare an annual report containing the 

22 results of the most-recent review conducted under 

23 paragraph (2) and a summary of the notifications 

24 covered by the review. 
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1 ‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report re2 quired by paragraph (3) for a fiscal year shall be 

3 submitted to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri4 tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy 

5 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com6 mittee on Agriculture and the Committee on Re7 sources of the House of Representatives not later 

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

9 (2) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY CONCERNED.— 

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

11 end the following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec13 retary concerned’ means— 

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

15 designee of the Secretary of Agriculture, with 

16 respect to county funds reserved under section 

17 102(d)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 

18 with this title; 

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

20 designee of the Secretary of the Interior, with 

21 respect to county funds reserved under section 

22 103(c)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 

23 with this title.’’. 

24 (3) REFERENCES TO PARTICIPATING COUN25 TY.—Section 302(b) of such Act is amended— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘An eligible county’’ each 

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

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

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

5 appears in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) and in6 serting ‘‘A participating county’’. 

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

8 the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina9 tion Act of 2000 is amended by striking the comma after 

10 ‘‘the Secretary concerned may’’. 

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