Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Of 2000

Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Of 2000
Author: Congressional Research Service
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2014-10-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781502730862

Many counties are compensated for the tax-exempt status of federal lands. Counties with national forest lands and with certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands have historically received a percentage of agency revenues, primarily from timber sales. However, timber sales have declined substantially—by more than 90% in some areas.

Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Of 2

Reauthorizing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Of 2
Author: Katie Hoover
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781503277427

Many counties are compensated for the tax-exempt status of federal lands. Counties with national forest lands and with certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands have historically received a percentage of agency revenues, primarily from timber sales. However, timber sales have declined substantially-by more than 90% in some areas. Thus, Congress enacted the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SRS; P.L. 106-393) as a temporary, optional program of payments based on historic, rather than current, revenues.