I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3599 
To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000, to provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms. BERKLEY, and Mr. MATHESON) 
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 reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000, to provide full funding 
for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘County Payments Re-
authorization Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF- 
DETERMINATION PROGRAM. 
The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-
termination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 3(11)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2009 and 
each fiscal year thereafter’’ and inserting 
‘‘each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the amount that is equal to 95 
percent of the full funding amount for the pre-
ceding fiscal year.’’; 
(2) in sections 101, 102, 203, 207, 208, 304, 
and 402, by striking ‘‘2011’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2016’’; 
(3) in section 102— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2008’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 
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(B) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting 
‘‘in 2012’’ before ‘‘, the election’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d)(3)(A)(i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘An eligible county’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Governor of each eligi-
ble State’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘by the’’ and inserting 
‘‘by an’’; 
(4) in section 103(d)(2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2016’’; 
(5) in section 202, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A resource advi-
sory committee may, in accordance with section 203, pro-
pose to use not more than 10 percent of the project funds 
of an eligible county for any fiscal year for administrative 
expenses associated with operating the resource advisory 
committee under this title.’’; 
(6) in section 204(e)(3)(B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘and 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2016’’; 
(7) in section 205(a)(4), by striking ‘‘2006’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2011’’; 
(8) in section 302(a)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
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(9) in section 304(b), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 3. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. 
Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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