S. 1027: A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-03 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

Plain summary

This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through FY2017, including provisions concerning secure payments to eligible states, territories, and counties containing federal land. The bill: (1) sets forth special rules for state and county payments for FY2016, and (2) requires all FY2016 payments to be made within 45 days of enactment of this bill. No funds made available to eligible counties under such Act may be used in lieu of, or to otherwise offset, a state funding source for a local school, facility, or educational purpose. The merchantable timber contracting pilot program is repealed. The bill extends through FY2019 the authority under such Act to initiate special projects on such federal lands and certain county activities.

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Official text

A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · 33 cosponsors

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Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), James E. Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Steve Daines (R-MT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mike Rounds (R-SD), John Boozman (R-AR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1027.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s1027 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115