EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000.

SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000. (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal Land.— (1) Full funding amount.—Section 3(11) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (16 U.S.C. 7102(11)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “and”; (B) in subparagraph (C)— (i) by striking “and each fiscal year thereafter” and inserting “through fiscal year 2015”; and (ii) by striking the period and inserting a semi-colon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(D) for fiscal year 2017, the amount that is equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount for fiscal year 2015; and “(E) for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, the amount that is equal to 95 percent of the full funding amount for the preceding fiscal year.” . (2) Secure payments.— (A) In general.—Section 101 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking “2015” each place it appears and inserting “2015, 2017, and 2018”. (B) Special rule for fiscal year 2017 payments.—Section 101 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Special Rule for Fiscal Year 2017 Payments.— “(1) State payment.—If an eligible county in a State that will receive a share of the State payment for fiscal year 2017 has already received, or will receive, a share of the 25-percent payment for fiscal year 2017 distributed to the State before the date of enactment of this subsection, the amount of the State payment shall be reduced by the amount of the share of the eligible county of the 25-percent payment. “(2) County payment.—If an eligible county that will receive a county payment for fiscal year 2017 has already received a 50-percent payment for fiscal year 2017, the amount of the county payment shall be reduced by the amount of the 50-percent payment. “(3) Prompt payment.—Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make all payments under this title for fiscal year 2017.” . (3) Payments to states and counties.— (A) Election to receive payment amount.—Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is amended— (i) in paragraph (1), by adding after subparagraph (C) the following: “(D) Payments for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.—The election otherwise required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply for fiscal years 2017 or 2018.” ; and (ii) in paragraph (2)— (I) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “and for fiscal years 2017 and 2018” after “2015”; and (II) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “and for fiscal years 2017 and 2018” after “2015”. (B) Expenditure rules for eligible counties.—Section 102(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended— (i) in paragraph (1), by adding after subparagraph (E) the following: “(F) Payments for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.—The election made by an eligible county under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) for fiscal year 2013, or deemed to be made by the county under paragraph (3)(B) for that fiscal year, shall be effective for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.” ; and (ii) in paragraph (3)— (I) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “purpose described in section 202(b)” and inserting “purposes described in section 202(b), section 203(c), or section 204(a)(5)”; and (II) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following: “(D) Payments for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.—This paragraph does not apply for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.” . (C) Elections as to allocation of balance.—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— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking “not more than 7 percent of the total share for the eligible county of the State payment or the county payment” and inserting “any portion of the balance”; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: “(C) Counties with major distributions.—In the case of each eligible county to which $350,000 or more is distributed for any fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) of subsection (a), the eligible county shall elect to do 1 or more of the following with the balance of any funds not expended pursuant to subparagraph (A): “(i) Reserve any portion of the balance for projects in accordance with title II. “(ii) Reserve not more than 7 percent of the total share for the eligible county of the State payment or the county payment for projects in accordance with title III. “(iii) Return the portion of the balance not reserved under clauses (i) and (ii) to the Treasury of the United States.” . (D) Treatment as supplemental funding.—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: “(f) Treatment as Supplemental Funding.— “(1) In general.—None of the funds made available to an eligible county under this Act may be used in lieu of, or to otherwise offset, a State funding source for a local school, facility, or educational purpose. “(2) Continuation of direct payments.—Payments to States made under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and 25-percent payments made to States and Territories under the Acts of May 23, 1908, and March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), shall continue to be made as direct payments and not as Federal financial assistance.” . (E) Distribution of payments to eligible counties.—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 “2015” and inserting “and for fiscal years 2017 and 2018”. (b) Continuation of Authority to Conduct Special Projects on Federal Land.— (1) Repeal of contracting pilot program.—Section 204(e) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). (2) Resource advisory committees.—Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking “2012” each place it appears and inserting “2018”. (3) Availability of project funds.—Section 207(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7127(d)(2)) is amended by striking “subparagraph (B)” and inserting “subparagraph (B)(i), (B)(ii),”. (4) Termination of authority.—Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “2017” and inserting “2020”; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking “2018” and inserting “2021”. (c) Termination of Authority.—Section 304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “2017” and inserting “2020”; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking “2018” and inserting “2021”.