Sec. 4. Amendments to Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000

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Section 3 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7102 ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and paragraph (8)(A) ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting described in paragraph (7)(A) after Federal land ; and in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking and paragraph (9)(B)(i) ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: has not elected to opt out of distributions from the Natural Resources Permanent Fund under section 300207(e)(4)(A) of title 36, United States Code. ; by striking paragraphs

(8)and

(9)and inserting the following: The term 50-percent adjusted share means the quotient obtained by dividing— the number equal to the total of all 50-percent payments received by an eligible county during the eligibility period; by the number equal to the sum of all 50-percent payments received by all eligible counties during the eligibility period. ; by redesignating paragraph

(10)as paragraph (9); by striking paragraph

(11)and inserting the following: The term full funding amount means— for fiscal year 2008, $500,000,000; for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2011, an amount equal to 90 percent of the full funding amount for the preceding fiscal year; for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2015, an amount equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount for the preceding fiscal year; for fiscal year 2017, an amount equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount for fiscal year 2015; for fiscal year 2018, an amount equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount for fiscal year 2017; and for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter— for purposes of the calculations under section 101(a), an amount equal to the greater of— the amount distributed from the Forest Service Account within the Natural Resources Permanent Fund under section 300207(e)(2)(A) of title 36, United States Code; and the total amount of all State payments for fiscal year 2017 (as adjusted to reflect changes during the period beginning on October 1, 2017, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor); and for purposes of the calculations under section 101(b), an amount equal to the greater of— the amount distributed from the Bureau of Land Management Account within the Natural Resources Permanent Fund under section 300207(e)(2)(A) of title 36, United States Code; and the total amount of all county payments for fiscal year 2017 (as adjusted to reflect changes during the period beginning on October 1, 2017, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor). ; by redesignating paragraphs

(12)through

(17)as paragraphs

(11)through (16), respectively; and in paragraph

(11)(as so redesignated)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting containing Federal land described in paragraph (7)(A) after eligible county ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting containing Federal land described in paragraph (7)(A) after eligible counties . Section 101 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7111 ) is amended by striking of fiscal years 2008 through 2015, 2017, and 2018 each place it appears and inserting fiscal year . Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7112(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting through fiscal year 2018 after second fiscal year thereafter ; and by adding at the end the following: For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter— the election otherwise required by subparagraph

(A)shall not apply; and each affected county shall receive payments in accordance with chapter 3002 of title 36, United States Code, unless the affected county elects to opt out of distributions under section 300207(e)(4)(A) of that title. ; in paragraph (2)(B), by striking through fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 ; and by striking paragraph

(3)and inserting the following: With respect to an eligible State or eligible county that has not elected to opt out of distributions under section 300207(e)(4)(A) of title 36, United States Code, the payment under this section for a fiscal year shall be derived from— distributions to be paid under section 300207(e)(2)(A)(ii)(III)(aa) of title 36, United States Code; and to the extent that amounts made available under clause

(i)are insufficient, any amounts that are appropriated to carry out this Act, to be distributed in accordance with section 300207(e)(2)(A)(ii)(III)(bb) of title 36, United States Code. An eligible State or eligible county that has elected to opt out of distributions under section 300207(e)(4)(A) of title 36, United States Code— shall not receive any payment under this section; and may receive payments only under, as applicable— the sixth paragraph under the heading in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260, chapter 192; Forest Service 16 U.S.C. 500 ), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Law ) (36 Stat. 963, chapter 186; 16 U.S.C. 500 ); subsection

(a)of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875, chapter 876; 43 U.S.C. 2605 ); and the first section of the Act of May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 753, chapter 144; 43 U.S.C. 2621 ). . Section 102(d)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7112(d)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking subparagraph

(D)and inserting subparagraphs

(D)and

(G); and by adding at the end the following: For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter— the allocation of funds required under subparagraph

(A)shall not be required; of the amounts received for the fiscal year— 85 percent shall be expended in the same manner in which the 25-percent payments or 50-percent payments, as applicable, are required to be expended; and 15 percent shall be expended on county projects in accordance with title III; and the elections otherwise required by subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), or considered to be made under paragraph (3)(B), as applicable, shall not apply or be required for payments made for the fiscal year. . Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2) ) is amended by striking each of fiscal years 2011 through and for fiscal years 2017 and 2018 and inserting fiscal year 2011 and each fiscal year thereafter . The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended by striking section 304 ( 16 U.S.C. 7144 ). Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) is repealed. Section 102(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7112(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (B)— by striking clause (i); by redesignating clauses

(ii)and

(iii)as clauses

(i)and (ii), respectively; and in clause

(ii)(as so redesignated), by striking clauses

(i)and

(ii)and inserting clause

(i); in subparagraph (C)— by striking clause (i); by redesignating clauses

(ii)and

(iii)as clauses

(i)and (ii), respectively; and in clause

(ii)(as so redesignated), by striking clauses

(i)and

(ii)and inserting clause

(i); and in subparagraphs

(E)and (F), by striking paragraph (3)(B) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2)(B) ; by striking paragraph (2); by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (2); and in subparagraph (B)(ii) of paragraph

(2)(as so redesignated), by inserting (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the after Forest Management for Rural Stability Act ) 204(a)(5) . Section 302(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7142(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking ; and at the end and inserting a period; in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking shall— and all that follows through publish in paragraph

(1)and inserting shall publish ; and by striking paragraph (2). The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended by striking section 403 ( 16 U.S.C. 7153 ) and inserting the following: Funds made available under section 402 shall be in addition to any other annual appropriations for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. . Section 603(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) ) is amended by inserting (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the ) before the period at the end. Forest Management for Rural Stability Act Section 4003(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(2)(B)(ii) ) is amended by striking 500 note) and inserting 7125) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the . Forest Management for Rural Stability Act ) Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7142(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities program ; in paragraph (2)(A), by striking on Federal land ; in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: for job training or job creation activities; for projects approved by— a resource advisory committee; or a forest collaborative; for natural resource conservation projects; for forest health treatments; for economic development activities; for transportation infrastructure projects on county road systems that serve Federal land; or to plan, develop, or carry out projects on Federal land that— are consistent with applicable Federal laws (including regulations) and forest plans; create private sector jobs, generate county revenue, or provide merchantable forest products; and may include— forest health treatments; implementation of work under a Master Stewardship Agreement; implementation of work under a good neighbor agreement (as defined in section 8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a(a) )); or forest road replacement, rehabilitation, or reconstruction. . Section 303 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7143 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking February 1 and all that follows through Secretary concerned and inserting February 1 of each calendar year beginning after a calendar year during which not less than $35,000 of county funds were expended by a participating county, the appropriate official of the participating county shall submit to the Forest and Refuge County Foundation established by section 300202 of title 36, United States Code, ; and in subsection (b)— by striking Secretary concerned shall and inserting Forest and Refuge County Foundation shall ; and by striking Secretary concerned determines and inserting Foundation determines . The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 is amended by striking section 402 ( 16 U.S.C. 7152 ) and inserting the following: On October 1 of each fiscal year, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary concerned such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act, to remain available until expended. The Secretary concerned shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under subsection (a), without further appropriation. .

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