US Codex
Bill
Notes

Title II — Transition of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and 25-percent payments

H.R. 2178 · 114th Congress · Apr 30, 2015 · Lineage

II Transition of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and 25-percent payments

Sec. 201 Extension of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to reflect recent extension covering fiscal years 2014 and 2015

(a)
Extension of payment authority and related provisions— The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
in sections 101 and 103(d)(2), by striking “2015” both places it appears and inserting “2018”;
(2)
in section 102(b)(2)(B) (16 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(B)), by striking “2015” the second place it appears and inserting “2018”;
(3)
in section 208 (16 U.S.C. 7128)—
(A)
in subsection (a), by striking “2017” and inserting “2020”; and
(B)
in subsection (b), by striking “2018” and inserting “2021”; and
(4)
in section 304 (16 U.S.C. 7144)—
(A)
in subsection (a), by striking “2017” and inserting “2020”; and
(B)
in subsection (b), by striking “2018” and inserting “2021”.
(b)
Reset of full funding amount to 2010 level— Section 3(11) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7102(11)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B);
(2)
in subparagraph (C)—
(A)
by striking “year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter” and inserting “years 2012 through 2015”; and
(B)
by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(D) $405,000,000 for each fiscal years 2016 through 2018.”

Sec. 202 Effect of receipt of forest active management revenues or stewardship project payments

Section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(f) Effect of receipt of forest active management revenues or stewardship project payments—An eligible county that receives for a fiscal year revenues derived from the sale of national forest materials in a Forest Active Management Area in the form of a share of the 25-percent payment made to a State under section 108 of the Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2015 or a stewardship project payment made to the county for a stewardship project involving National Forest System land under section 604 of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c) may still receive the share of the State payment of the eligible county for that fiscal year, except that—

“(1) the amount of the share of the State payment received by the eligible county for that fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of the forest active management revenues and stewardship project payments involving National Forest System land received by the eligible county for that fiscal year; and

“(2) the total amount received by the eligible State under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year shall be reduced by the sum of the amounts of forest active management revenues and stewardship project payments involving National Forest System land received by eligible counties in that State for that fiscal year.”

Sec. 203 Restoring original calculation method for 25-percent payments

(a)
Amendment of Act of may 23, 1908— The sixth paragraph under the heading “FOREST SERVICE” in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500) is amended in the first sentence—
(1)
by striking “the annual average of 25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year and each of the preceding 6 fiscal years” and inserting “25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year”;
(2)
by striking “said reserve” both places it appears and inserting “the national forest”; and
(3)
by striking “forest reserve” both places it appears and inserting “national forest”.
(b)
Conforming amendment to weeks law— Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Law; 16 U.S.C. 500) is amended in the first sentence by striking “the annual average of 25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year and each of the preceding 6 fiscal years” and inserting “25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year”.

Sec. 204 Prohibition on State retention of portion of 25-percent payments made on behalf of beneficiary counties

(a)
Amendment of Act of may 23, 1908— The sixth paragraph under the heading “FOREST SERVICE” in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500), as amended by section 203(a), is further amended in the first sentence by striking “situated: Provided, That when” and inserting the following: “situated. Beginning October 1, 2015, the State or Territorial legislature may not withhold any of the amount paid under this paragraph from distribution to the county or counties in which the national forest is situated. When”.
(b)
Conforming amendment to weeks law— Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Law; 16 U.S.C. 500), as amended by section 203(b), is further amended in the first sentence by striking “situated: Provided, That when” and inserting the following: “situated. Beginning October 1, 2015, the State legislature may not withhold any of the amount paid under this section from distribution to the county or counties in which such national forest is situated. When”.