This bill, introduced by Representative Joe Neguse on December 9, 2025, extends parts of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. It updates expiration dates for payment and program authorities, adds a special rule for fiscal year 2024 and 2025 payments, and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make those fiscal year 2024 and 2025 payments within 45 days of enactment. The bill also extends authority to carry out special projects on federal land, extends the ability to expend county funds, continues a resource advisory committee pilot in some places, and makes minor technical corrections to the statute.
If you live in or work for a county that gets payments under the Secure Rural Schools Act, this bill is meant to keep those payment and program authorities in place for more years. Counties that already made a payment election for 2023 will generally have that election apply to 2024 and 2025 under the bill. The bill includes a rule to reduce state or county payments for 2024 or 2025 by amounts already paid under earlier distributions, and it directs prompt payment for those years. Resource advisory committees and authority to do special projects on federal land would continue under updated dates.
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