S.Amdt. 996

SA 996. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Risch,
and Mr. Manchin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 113 of division C and insert the following:

payment in lieu of taxes, secure rural schools

Sec. 113. (a) Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``fiscal year 2019'' and inserting ``fiscal year
2020''.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal
year 2019--
(1) each eligible State, eligible county, and other
eligible unit of local government shall be entitled to
payment under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), subject
to paragraph (3);
(2) $282,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior for
obligation and expenditure in accordance with that Act,
subject to paragraph (3); and
(3) for purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the full
funding amount for fiscal year 2019 shall be the full funding
amount for fiscal year 2017.
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