[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1692 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1692

      To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, to provide full funding for the Payments in 
             Lieu of Taxes program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 12, 2011

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
 Wyden, Mr. Risch, Mr. Reid, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Tester, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. 
    Feinstein, Mr. Heller, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. 
   Cantwell, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
   Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Begich, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Udall of 
 Colorado, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
      To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, to provide full funding for the Payments in 
             Lieu of Taxes program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``County Payments Reauthorization Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION PROGRAM.

    The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3(11)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon at the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``fiscal year 2009 and each 
                        fiscal year thereafter'' and inserting ``each 
                        of fiscal years 2009 through 2011''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year 
                thereafter, the amount that is equal to 95 percent of 
                the full funding amount for the preceding fiscal 
                year.'';
            (2) in sections 101, 102, 203, 207, 208, 304, and 402, by 
        striking ``2011'' each place it appears and inserting ``2016'';
            (3) in section 102--
                    (A) by striking ``2008'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``2012'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by inserting ``in 
                2012'' before ``, the election''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d)(3)(A)(i)--
                            (i) by striking ``An eligible county'' and 
                        inserting ``The Governor of each eligible 
                        State''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``by the'' and inserting 
                        ``by an'';
            (4) in section 103(d)(2), by striking ``fiscal year 2011'' 
        and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2011 through 2016'';
            (5) in section 202, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Administrative Expenses.--A resource advisory committee may, 
in accordance with section 203, propose to use not more than 10 percent 
of the project funds of an eligible county for any fiscal year for 
administrative expenses associated with operating the resource advisory 
committee under this title.'';
            (6) in section 204(e)(3)(B)(iii), by striking ``and 2011'' 
        and inserting ``through 2016'';
            (7) in section 205(a)(4), by striking ``2006'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``2011'';
            (8) in section 302(a)(2)(A), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (9) in section 304(b), by striking ``2012'' and inserting 
        ``2017''.

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.

    Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

SEC. 4. OFFSET PROVISIONS.

    [TO BE SUPPLIED.]
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