S 356
· 119th Congress
· Public Lands and Natural Resources
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Became Public Law No: 119-58.
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Dec 18, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Dec 18, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-58.
Dec 15, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Dec 09, 2025
floor
Mr. LaMalfa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 09, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5066-5071)
Dec 09, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 356.
Dec 09, 2025
floor
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Dec 09, 2025
floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5100-5101)
Dec 09, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 5 (Roll no. 315). (text: CR H5066-5067)
Dec 09, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 5 (Roll no. 315). (text: CR H5066-5067)
Dec 09, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 23, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 23, 2025
floor
Received in the House.
Jun 23, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Jun 18, 2025
committee
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Jun 18, 2025
other
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3458)
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Jun 18, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 18, 2025
passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S3459-3460)
Feb 03, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Feb 03, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Feb 03, 2025
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill extends and modifies the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, including by
extending payments made to states and counties containing federal land through FY2026,
providing for payments for FY2024 and FY2025,
extending the authority of counties to initiate projects using such funds through FY2028, and
extending the authority to initiate projects proposed by resource advisory committees through FY2028.
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+++ Enrolled
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 356 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
+[S. 356 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+S.356
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-S. 356
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
+
+An Act
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
of 2000.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2025''.
-
SEC. 2. 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.--Section 101 of the Secure Rural
-Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
-7111) is amended--
-(A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking
-``2023'' each place it appears and inserting ``2026'';
-and
+(1) Secure payments.--Section 101 of the Secure Rural Schools
+and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is
+amended--
+(A) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``2023'' each
+place it appears and inserting ``2026''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Special Rule for Fiscal Year 2024 and 2025 Payments.--
``(1) State payment.--If an eligible county in a State that
-will receive a share of the State payment for fiscal year 2024
-or 2025 has already received, or will receive, a share of the
-25-percent payment for that fiscal year 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 2024 or 2025 has
-already received a 50-percent payment for that fiscal year, 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 payments under this title for each of
-fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''.
+will receive a share of the State payment for fiscal year 2024 or
+2025 has already received, or will receive, a share of the 25-
+percent payment for that fiscal year 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 2024 or 2025 has already received
+a 50-percent payment for that fiscal year, 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 payments under this title for each of fiscal years 2024
+and 2025.''.
(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
@@ -59,45 +58,39 @@
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7112) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
-(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the
-following:
-``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and
-2025.--The election otherwise required by subparagraph
-(A) shall not apply for each of fiscal years 2024 and
-2025.''; and
-(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
-following:
-``(C) Fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The election
-described in paragraph (1)(A) applicable to a county in
-fiscal year 2023 shall be effective for each of fiscal
-years 2024 and 2025.''; and
+(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
+``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The
+election otherwise required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply
+for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''; and
+(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
+``(C) Fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The election described
+in paragraph (1)(A) applicable to a county in fiscal year 2023
+shall be effective for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.'';
+and
(2) in subsection (d)--
-(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the
-following:
-``(G) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and
-2025.--The election made by an eligible county under
-subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) for fiscal year 2023, or
-deemed to be made by the county under paragraph (3)(B)
-for that fiscal year, shall be effective for each of
-fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''; and
-(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the
-following:
-``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and
-2025.--This paragraph does not apply for each of fiscal
-years 2024 and 2025.''.
+(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
+``(G) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--The
+election made by an eligible county under subparagraph (B),
+(C), or (D) for fiscal year 2023, or deemed to be made by the
+county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fiscal year, shall be
+effective for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.''; and
+(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:
+``(E) Payments for each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--
+This paragraph does not apply for each of fiscal years 2024 and
+2025.''.
(c) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on Federal
Land.--
(1) Committee composition waiver authority.--Section
205(d)(6)(C) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)(6)(C)) is amended
-by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2026''.
-(2) Extension 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 ``2025'' and
-inserting ``2028''; and
-(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and
-inserting ``2029''.
+Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)(6)(C)) is amended by
+striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2026''.
+(2) Extension 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 ``2025'' and inserting
+``2028''; and
+(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting
+``2029''.
(d) Extension of Authority To Expend County Funds.--Section 305 of
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--
@@ -105,26 +98,21 @@
``2028''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting
``2029''.
-
SEC. 3. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PILOT PROGRAM EXTENSION.
-
Section 205(g) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(g)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2023'' and inserting
``2026''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (6).
-
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
-
(a) Resource Advisory Committees.--Section 205 of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
-(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``concerned,''
-and inserting ``concerned''; and
+(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``concerned,'' and
+inserting ``concerned''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the date of the
-enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``October 3,
-2008''; and
+enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``October 3, 2008''; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ``to extent'' and
inserting ``to the extent''.
(b) Use of Project Funds.--Section 206(b)(2) of the Secure Rural
@@ -132,20 +120,7 @@
7126(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``concerned,'' and inserting
``concerned''.
-Passed the Senate June 18, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-Attest:
-
-Secretary.
-119th CONGRESS
-
-1st Session
-
-S. 356
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-AN ACT
-
-To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act
-of 2000.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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