I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3257 
To amend section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, to provide funding 
for the payment in lieu of taxes program for an additional five years, 
to provide a five-year extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Commu-
nity Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2015 
Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. COOK, and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, 
to provide funding for the payment in lieu of taxes 
program for an additional five years, to provide a five- 
year extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Commu-
nity Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘PILT and SRS Cer-
tainty Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR PILT PROGRAM. 
(a) MANDATORY FUNDING.—Section 6906 of title 
31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 6906. Funding 
‘‘There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out this chapter, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise obligated, $450,000,000 for the 
first full fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this 
section and for each of the four fiscal years thereafter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item related to 
section 6906 in the table of sections for title 31, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘6906. Funding.’’. 
SEC. 
3. 
FIVE-YEAR 
EXTENSION 
OF 
SECURE 
RURAL 
SCHOOLS 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SELF-DETER-
MINATION ACT OF 2000 REFLECTING RECENT 
EXTENSION COVERING FISCAL YEARS 2014 
AND 2015. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PAYMENT AUTHORITY.—The Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 is amended— 
(1) in section 101 (16 U.S.C. 7111), by striking 
‘‘2015’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’; 
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(2) 
in 
section 
102(b)(2)(B) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
7112(b)(2)(B)), by striking ‘‘2015’’ the second place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’ and 
(3) 
in 
section 
103(d)(2) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
7113(d)(2)), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF SPECIAL PROJECT AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF COUNTY PROJECT AUTHORITY.— 
Section 304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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