S. 356
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsor: Mike Crapo
28 cosponsors
- Amy Klobuchar
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Dan Sullivan
- Jacky Rosen
- James C. Justice
- James E. Risch
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- John R. Curtis
- Josh Hawley
- Lisa Murkowski
- Margaret Wood Hassan
- Mark Kelly
- Michael F. Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Rick Scott
- Ron Wyden
- Shelley Moore Capito
- Steve Daines
- Tim Sheehy
- Maria Cantwell
- Roger F. Wicker
- Elissa Slotkin
- Adam B. Schiff
- John W. Hickenlooper
- Bernard Sanders
- Alex Padilla
- Ruben Gallego
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
This act extends and modifies the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program, under which states and counties containing certain federal land may receive payments from the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for schools, roads, and certain other municipal services.
The act modifies the SRS program, including by
- extending payments made to states and counties containing federal land through FY2026,
- providing lapsed payments for FY2024 and FY2025,
- extending the authority of counties to initiate projects using such funds through FY2028, and
- extending the authority to initiate projects proposed by resource advisory committees through FY2028.
Text of the bill
(a) Resource advisory committees. Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking concerned, and inserting concerned; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting October 3, 2008; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking to extent and inserting to the extent.
(b) Use of project funds. Section 206(b)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7126(b)(2)) is amended by striking concerned, and inserting concerned.