S.Amdt. 2276

SA 2276. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, and Mr.
Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. 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, in subsections (a) and (b), by
striking ``2023'' each place it appears and inserting
``2026''.
(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 ``2023'' and inserting ``2026''.
(b) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on
Federal Land.--
(1) Existing advisory committees.--Section 205(a)(4) of the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``December
20, 2023'' each place it appears and inserting ``December 20,
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''.
(c) 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--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
``2028''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting
``2029''.
(d) Resource Advisory Committee Pilot Program Extension.--
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 following:
``(g) Pilot Program for Resource Advisory Committee
Appointments by Regional Foresters.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall establish
and carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary
concerned shall allow the regional forester with jurisdiction
over a unit of Federal land to appoint members of the
resource advisory committee for that unit, in accordance with
the applicable requirements of this section.
``(2) Responsibilities of regional forester.--Before
appointing a member of a resource advisory committee under
the pilot program under this subsection, a regional forester
shall conduct the review and analysis that would otherwise be
conducted for an appointment to a resource advisory committee
if the pilot program was not in effect, including any review
and analysis with respect to civil rights and budgetary
requirements.
``(3) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection relieves
a regional forester or the Secretary concerned from an
obligation to comply with any requirement relating to an
appointment to a resource advisory committee, including any
requirement with respect to civil rights or advertising a
vacancy.
``(4) Termination of effectiveness.--The authority provided
under this subsection terminates on October 1, 2028.''.
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