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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3886 

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

of 2000 to exempt payments made to States and counties under such 

Act from any reduction pursuant to a sequestration order and to reimburse those States and counties that returned a portion of their January 

2013 payment because of sequestration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2014 

Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources and the Budget, 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 amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 to exempt payments made 

to States and counties under such Act from any reduction pursuant to a sequestration order and to reimburse 

those States and counties that returned a portion of 

their January 2013 payment because of sequestration, 

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. EXEMPTION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES AND 

2 COUNTIES UNDER THE SECURE RURAL 

3 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETER4 MINATION ACT OF 2000 FROM SEQUESTRA5 TION ORDERS. 

6 (a) EXEMPTION.—Section 403 of the Secure Rural 

7 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 

8 (16 U.S.C. 7153) is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION.—Notwith11 standing any other provision of law, any Presidential se12 questration order issued after the date of the enactment 

13 of this subsection under part C of title II of the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

15 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) shall provide that no reduction is made 

16 with respect to funds made available under section 402 

17 or derived from the other funding sources authorized by 

18 section 102(b)(3) for the purpose of making the payments 

19 to States and counties required by section 102.’’. 

20 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF PREVIOUSLY SEQUES21 TERED PAYMENTS OR FORGIVENESS OF REPAYMENT RE22 QUIREMENT.— 

23 (1) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED.—Using the 

24 payment sources authorized by subsection (b)(3) of 

25 section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Com26 munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 


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1 7112), the Secretary of the Treasury shall reimburse 

2 each State or county that, in response to a Presi3 dential sequestration order issued during fiscal year 

4 2013, repaid some of the payment received by the 

5 State or county during such fiscal year under such 

6 section 102 either by— 

7 (A) returning to the Secretary a portion of 

8 the payment; 

9 (B) having funds deducted from other 

10 amounts due the State or county under such 

11 Act; or 

12 (C) providing some combination of return13 ing and deducting funds. 

14 (2) REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT.—The amount 

15 to be reimbursed to a State or county under para16 graph (1) shall be equal to the amount repaid by the 

17 State or county as provided in such paragraph. 

18 (3) FORGIVENESS.—In the case of any State or 

19 county that did not repay, before the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the required portion of the pay21 ment received by the State or county during fiscal 

22 year 2013 under section 102 of the Secure Rural 

23 Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 

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1 questration order, the Secretary of the Treasury 

2 shall waive the repayment requirement. 

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