Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action (Dec 18, 2025) — No: 119-58.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Dec 18, 2025This 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, andextending the authority to initiate projects proposed by resource advisory committees through FY2028.
Face Value
as enrolledHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
1 recordedOn decisive vote
House · Dec 9, 2025
A fast-track vote: no amendments, short debate, and two thirds needed to pass. Used for bills expected to be uncontroversial.
Who lobbied on this
1 organizationThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- National Education Associationwanted it passed
“…& Education Support Staff Bill of Rights S. 2330 - PARA Educators Act S. 2451 - Pay Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Act S. 356 - Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 S. 2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 S. 2310 - National…” filing ↗
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