I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2099 
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2021 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) 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 jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Rural Schools 
Reauthorization Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COM-
MUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000. 
(a) DEFINITION OF FULL FUNDING AMOUNT.—Sec-
tion 3(11) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7102(11)) is 
amended by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2017, the amount that 
is equal to 95 percent of the full funding 
amount for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(E) for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2020, the amount that is equal to 95 percent 
of the full funding amount for the preceding fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(F) for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the amount that is equal to the 
full funding amount for fiscal year 2017.’’. 
(b) SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES AND COUNTIES 
CONTAINING FEDERAL LAND.— 
(1) SECURE
PAYMENTS.—Section 101 of the 
Secure 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, 2017, 
2018, 2019, and 2020’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2015 and 2017 through 2023’’. 
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(2) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE 
COUNTIES.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM TO STREAMLINE NOMINATION 
OF MEMBERS OF RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is 
amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINT-
MENT PILOT PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) APPLICABLE
DESIGNEE.—The term 
‘applicable designee’ means the applicable re-
gional forester. 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL
PILOT
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘national pilot program’ means the na-
tional pilot program established under para-
graph (4)(A). 
‘‘(C) REGIONAL
PILOT
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘regional pilot program’ means the re-
gional pilot program established under para-
graph (3)(A). 
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‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAMS.— 
In accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4), the Sec-
retary concerned shall carry out 2 pilot programs to 
appoint members of resource advisory committees. 
‘‘(3) REGIONAL PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall carry out a regional pilot program 
to allow an applicable designee to appoint mem-
bers of resource advisory committees. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.—The re-
gional pilot program shall only apply to re-
source advisory committees chartered in— 
‘‘(i) the State of Montana; and 
‘‘(ii) the State of Arizona. 
‘‘(C) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
APPLICABLE 
DESIGNEE.— 
‘‘(i) REVIEW.—Before appointing a 
member of a resource advisory committee 
under the regional pilot program, an appli-
cable designee shall conduct the review and 
analysis that would otherwise be conducted 
for an appointment to a resource advisory 
committee if the regional pilot program 
was not in effect, including any review and 
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analysis with respect to civil rights and 
budgetary requirements. 
‘‘(ii) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in 
this paragraph relieves an applicable des-
ignee from any requirement developed by 
the Secretary concerned for making an ap-
pointment to a resource advisory com-
mittee that is in effect on December 20, 
2018, including any requirement for adver-
tising a vacancy. 
‘‘(4) NATIONAL PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall carry out a national pilot program 
to allow the Chief of the Forest Service or the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 
as applicable, to submit to the Secretary con-
cerned nominations of individuals for appoint-
ment as members of resource advisory commit-
tees. 
‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT.—Under the national 
pilot program, subject to subparagraph (C), not 
later than 30 days after the date on which a 
nomination is transmitted to the Secretary con-
cerned under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
concerned shall— 
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‘‘(i) appoint the nominee to the appli-
cable resource advisory committee; or 
‘‘(ii) reject the nomination. 
‘‘(C) AUTOMATIC
APPOINTMENT.—If the 
Secretary concerned does not act on a nomina-
tion in accordance with subparagraph (B) by 
the date described in that subparagraph, the 
nominee shall be deemed appointed to the appli-
cable resource advisory committee. 
‘‘(D) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.—The na-
tional pilot program shall apply to a resource 
advisory committee chartered in any State other 
than— 
‘‘(i) the State of Montana; or 
‘‘(ii) the State of Arizona. 
‘‘(E) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this 
paragraph relieves the Secretary concerned 
from any requirement relating to an appoint-
ment to a resource advisory committee, includ-
ing any requirement with respect to civil rights 
or advertising a vacancy. 
‘‘(5) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The 
authority provided under this subsection terminates 
on October 1, 2023. 
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