I 
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. PETER-
SON 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. RADAN-
OVICH, 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act 
of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT 
OF 2000. 
(a) EXTENSION THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2013.—The 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in sections 101(a), 203(a)(1), 207(a), 208, 
303, and 401, by striking ‘‘2006’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 
(2) in section 208, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2014’’; and 
(3) in section 303, by striking ‘‘2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2014,’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO RESUME RECEIPT OF 25- OR 50- 
PERCENT PAYMENTS.— 
(1) 25-PERCENT PAYMENTS.—Section 102(b) of 
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-
termination Act of 2000 is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘of the 
Treasury’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘, including such an election made during 
the last quarter of fiscal year 2006 under 
this paragraph,’’ after ‘‘25-percent pay-
ment’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2013, except that the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall give the county the oppor-
tunity to elect, in writing during the last 
quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiv-
ing the 25-percent payment effective with 
the payment for fiscal year 2007’’. 
(2) 
50-PERCENT
PAYMENTS.—Section 
103(b)(1) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2013, except 
that the Secretary of the Treasury shall give the 
county the opportunity to elect, in writing during the 
last quarter of fiscal year 2006, to begin receiving 
the 50-percent payment effective with the payment 
for fiscal year 2007’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION REGARDING SOURCE OF PAY-
MENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES FROM NA-
TIONAL FOREST LANDS.—Section 102(b)(3) of the 
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Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘trust fund,’’ and inserting 
‘‘trust funds, permanent funds,’’; 
(B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de-
termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 
year, all revenues, fees, penalties, and miscella-
neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen-
tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 
trust funds, permanent funds, and special ac-
counts, that are received during that fiscal year 
shall be reserved to make payments under this 
section for that fiscal year.’’. 
(2) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES FROM 
BLM
LANDS.—Section 103(b)(2) of such Act is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘trust fund,’’ and inserting 
‘‘trust funds’’; 
(B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘If the Secretary of the Treasury de-
termines that a shortfall is likely for a fiscal 
year, all revenues, fees, penalties, and miscella-
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neous receipts referred to in the preceding sen-
tence, exclusive of required deposits to relevant 
trust funds and permanent operating funds, 
that are received during that fiscal year shall be 
reserved to make payments under this section 
for that fiscal year.’’. 
(d) TERM FOR RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
MEMBERS; REAPPOINTMENT.—Section 205(c)(1) of the 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary concerned may reappoint members to’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A member of a resource advisory 
committee may be reappointed for one or more’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Section 1803(c) of the Food and Agriculture 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2283(c)) shall not apply to 
a resource advisory committee established by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.’’. 
(e) 
REVISION
OF
PILOT
PROGRAM.—Section 
204(e)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘approved 
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projects’’ and inserting ‘‘At the request of a resource 
advisory committee, the Secretary concerned may es-
tablish a pilot program to implement one or more of 
the projects proposed by the resource advisory com-
mittee under section 203’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘by the 
Secretary concerned’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (D)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ in the 
first sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot programs es-
tablished under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the pilot program is’’ in 
the second sentence and inserting ‘‘pilot pro-
grams are’’; and 
(5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), 
and (E), as so amended, as subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and (D). 
(f) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
REGARDING COUNTY PROJECTS.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION
AND
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the end of each fiscal year during which county 
funds are obligated for projects under this title, the 
participating county shall submit to the Secretary 
concerned written notification specifying— 
‘‘(A) each project for which the partici-
pating county obligated county funds during 
that fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the authorized use specified in sub-
section (b) that the project satisfies; and 
‘‘(C) the amount of county funds obligated 
or expended under the project during that fiscal 
year, including expenditures on Federal lands, 
State lands, and private lands. 
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary concerned shall 
review the notifications submitted under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year for the purpose of assessing the 
success of participating counties in achieving the 
purposes of this title. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall prepare an annual report containing the 
results of the most-recent review conducted under 
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paragraph (2) and a summary of the notifications 
covered by the review. 
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (3) for a fiscal year shall be 
submitted to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives not later 
than 150 days after the end of that fiscal year.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY CONCERNED.— 
Section 301 of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec-
retary concerned’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
designee of the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to county funds reserved under section 
102(d)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 
with this title; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior or the 
designee of the Secretary of the Interior, with 
respect to county funds reserved under section 
103(c)(1)(B)(ii) for expenditure in accordance 
with this title.’’. 
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