Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 5/26/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2021-05-25Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2021-03-19Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
- 2021-03-19Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 committee concerned.
- 2021-03-19Introduced in House
- 2021-03-19Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-19 (00)
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2021
This bill extends through FY2023 payments made to states and eligible counties containing certain federal land under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall carry out a pilot program to allow the Chief of the Forest Service or the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to nominate members of resource advisory committees.
County funds may be used to provide or expand access to (1) broadband telecommunications services at local schools, or (2) the technology and connectivity necessary for students to use a digital learning tool at or outside of a local school campus.
Any county funds that were obligated by a county before October 1, 2017, but are unspent on October 1, 2020, may be used by the county for any authorized use and shall be available for projects initiated after October 1, 2020.
No county funds may be used for lobbying activity, regardless of the purpose for which the funds are obligated on or before the enactment of this bill.
Cosponsors (18)
- Cathy Rodgers (R-WA)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- MICHAEL SIMPSON (R-ID)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Arizona
- Congressional oversight
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Land use and conservation
- Montana
- Property tax
- Public contracts and procurement
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local finance
- State and local taxation
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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