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Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023

Last Action
11/14/2024

Actions

  • 2024-11-14Held at the desk.
  • 2024-11-14Received in the House.
  • 2024-11-13Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2024-11-12Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6531; text: CR S6531)
  • 2024-11-12Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2024-04-08Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
  • 2024-04-08Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-163.
  • 2024-04-08Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-163.
  • 2023-12-14Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2023-10-25Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
  • 2023-07-27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2023-07-27Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-07-27 (00)

Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and modifies the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program as well as a pilot program that allows regional foresters to appoint members to SRS resource advisory committees.

Under the existing SRS program, states and counties containing federal land may receive payments from the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior respectively for schools and certain other municipal services. The bill extends the authority of the Forest Service and Interior to (1) calculate and provide payments to states and counties under the SRS program through FY2026, and (2) initiate projects using funds provided by the program through FY2028. It also extends the deadline to obligate those funds until the end of FY2029.

Additionally, the bill expands the pilot program to allow regional foresters in all states, not just those in Montana and Arizona, to appoint members to the advisory committees in their regions.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Ron Wyden (D-OR)
  • James Risch (R-ID)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Mike Braun (R-IN)
  • Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
  • Shelley Capito (R-WV)
  • Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
  • Mitt Romney (R-UT)
  • Roger Wicker (R-MS)
  • Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
  • Alex Padilla (D-CA)
  • Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
  • Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
  • Patty Murray (D-WA)
  • Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
  • Jon Tester (D-MT)
  • Ben Luján (D-NM)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
  • Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
  • Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Education programs funding
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Rural conditions and development
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