I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2340 
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2017 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. 
NOLAN, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, and Mr. KILMER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND 
COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 
2000. 
(a) SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES AND COUNTIES 
CONTAINING FEDERAL LAND.— 
(1) SECURE PAYMENTS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is 
amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
‘‘2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 
PAYMENTS.—Section 101 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 PAY-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE PAYMENT.—If an eligible county in 
a State that will receive a share of the State pay-
ment for fiscal year 2016 has already received, or 
will receive, a share of the 25-percent payment for 
fiscal year 2016 distributed to the State before the 
date of enactment of this subsection, the amount of 
the State payment shall be reduced by the amount 
of the share of the eligible county of the 25-percent 
payment. 
‘‘(2) COUNTY PAYMENT.—If an eligible county 
that will receive a county payment for fiscal year 
2016 has already received a 50-percent payment for 
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fiscal year 2016, the amount of the county payment 
shall be reduced by the amount of the 50-percent 
payment. 
‘‘(3) PROMPT
PAYMENT.—Not later than 45 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall make all pay-
ments under this title for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(2) PAYMENTS TO STATES AND COUNTIES.— 
(A) ELECTION
TO
RECEIVE
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT.—Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014 
THROUGH
2017.—The election otherwise re-
quired by subparagraph (A) shall not apply for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2014 and 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2017’’; and 
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(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking 
‘‘2015’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
(B) EXPENDITURE RULES FOR ELIGIBLE 
COUNTIES.—Section 102(d) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(E) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014 
THROUGH 2017.—The election made by an eligi-
ble county under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) 
for fiscal year 2013, or deemed to be made by 
the county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fis-
cal year, shall be effective for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2017.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 
striking ‘‘purpose described in section 
202(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes de-
scribed in section 202(b), section 
203(c), or section 204(a)(5)’’; and 
(II) by striking subparagraph (C) 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(C) PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2014 
THROUGH
2017.—This paragraph does not 
apply for each of fiscal years 2014 through 
2017.’’. 
(C) 
TREATMENT
AS
SUPPLEMENTAL 
FUNDING.—Section 102 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.— 
None of the funds made available to an eligible county 
under this Act may be used in lieu of, or to otherwise off-
set, a State funding source for a local school, facility, or 
educational purpose.’’. 
(D) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS TO ELI-
GIBLE COUNTIES.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
(b) CONTINUATION
OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT 
SPECIAL PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND.— 
(1) REPEAL
OF
CONTRACTING
PILOT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 204(e) of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
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U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(3). 
(2) RESOURCE
ADVISORY
COMMITTEES.—Sec-
tion 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 207(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7127(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)(i), 
(B)(ii),’’. 
(4) TERMINATION
OF
AUTHORITY.—Section 
208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 304 of 
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina-
tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(d) OFFSET.—It is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the costs of carrying out this section and 
the amendments made by this section will be offset. 
Æ 
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