Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 - Title I: Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal Lands - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to timber- related and other revenue sharing payments from Bureau of Land Management and National Forest Service lands, to calculate the full FY2001 through 2006 payment amounts for eligible States and counties by averaging the safety net payments and the three highest annual 25 percent payments or 50 percent payments, respectively, during the FY 1986 through 1999 eligibility period. Provides for annual adjustments. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to make payments to eligible States from Forest Service lands for affected counties to use for public education and transportation. Authorizes a State to elect, at the discretion of each affected county, to receive full payment rather than the 25 percent amount. Sets forth State distribution and county expenditure provisions, including a special provision for counties receiving less than $100,000. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to make payments to eligible counties from Bureau of Land Management lands for public safety, law enforcement, education, and other public purposes. Authorizes counties to elect a full payment option rather than the 50 percent amount. Sets forth expenditure provisions. Title II: Special Projects on Federal Lands - States that project funds shall be expended solely for projects meeting the requirements of this title. (Sec. 203) Sets forth project proposal submission provisions with respect to required and discretionary submissions by resource advisory committees through FY 2006. (Sec. 204) Sets forth project approval requirements. Authorizes the Secretary concerned (either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture depending on the Federal lands involved) to request a project-related environmental review. States that a Secretary's project disapproval shall not be subject to judicial or administrative review. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into project contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with States, local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and individuals. Authorizes best value contracting. Directs a Secretary to develop a merchantable materials sales contracting pilot program. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary concerned to establish and maintain resource advisory committees, which may include existing advisory committees meeting the requirements of this title. States that such committees shall: (1) review project proposals; (2) propose projects and funding; (3) coordinate with land management agencies; and (4) provide for public input in the early stages of project development. Sets forth committee provisions. (Sec. 206) Sets forth provisions respecting use of project funds, including fund transfers to applicable Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management units. (Sec. 207) Directs a committee to submit to the Secretary concerned a sufficient number of projects which, if approved, would result in the obligation of the full reserved amount by participating counties by the end of each fiscal year. Provides for the use or transfer of unobligated funds. (Sec. 208) Terminates project authority on September 30, 2006. Title III: County Projects - Authorizes county projects for: (1) search, rescue, and emergency services, including fire fighting; (2) community service work camps; (3) conservation and recreation easement purchases; (4) forest related educational opportunities; (5) fire prevention and county planning; and (6) community forestry. Terminates project authority on September 30, 2006. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes FY 2001 through 2006 appropriations. (Sec. 402) States that: (1) funds made available under this Act shall be in addition to other annual appropriations for the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management; and (2) project revenues, remitted funds, or accrued interest shall be deposited in the Treasury. (Sec. 403) Authorizes the Secretaries to jointly issue implementing regulations. (Sec. 404) Repeals specified provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Title V: Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification - Mineral Revenue Payments Clarification Act of 2000 - States congressional findings favoring a return to the Federal-State mineral and geothermal steam revenue sharing formula existing prior to enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. (Sec. 503) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act respecting Federal oil and gas revenue distributions to prohibit State amounts from being reduced by Federal administrative or other costs. Title VI: Community Forest Restoration - Community Forest Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a cooperative forest restoration program in New Mexico to provide cost-share grants to stakeholders for experimental forest restoration projects to be designed through a collaborative process (Collaborative Forest Restoration Program). Requires a project to address specified objectives, including: (1) wildfire threat reduction; (2) ecosystem restoration, including non-native tree species reduction; (3) reestablishment of historic fire regimes; (3) reforestation, including preservation of old trees; (4) small diameter tree use enhancement; (5) creation of forest- related local employment; and (6) stakeholder diversity. Limits projects to four years. Sets forth cost limits. Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) collaborative project selection; (2) monitoring and evaluation; and (3) reporting. Authorizes appropriations.

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 1999 - Title I: Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing Federal Lands - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to timber-related and other revenue sharing payments from Bureau of Land Management and National Forest System lands (including certain California and Oregon lands), to calculate the full payment amount for eligible States and counties by averaging the three highest annual 25 percent payments or 50 percent payments, respectively, during the FY 1984 through 1999 eligibility period. Provides for annual adjustments. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to eligible States from Forest Service lands for affected counties to use for public education and transportation through FY 2006. Sets forth State distribution and county expenditure provisions, including a special provision for counties receiving less than $100,000 in FY 2000. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to make payments to eligible counties from Bureau of Land Management lands for public safety, law enforcement, education, and other public purposes through FY 2006. Sets forth payment and expenditure provisions. Title II: Locally Initiated Projects on Federal Lands - States that project funds shall be expended solely for projects meeting the requirements of this title that are conducted on Federal lands. (Sec. 203) Sets forth submission provisions for: (1) projects using project funds or special accounts; and (2) joint projects. Requires a county to get local advisory committee approval for a proposed project. Includes among authorized projects: (1) search, rescue, and emergency services; and (2) community service work camps. (Sec. 204) Sets forth project approval requirements. Directs the Secretary concerned to complete any required environmental project review, which shall be paid by the county if so requested by the Secretary. States that project approval by the Secretary concerned shall be considered a final agency action. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into project contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with States, local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and individuals. Authorizes best value contracting. (Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary concerned to establish and maintain a local advisory committee for each unit of Federal lands, which shall review and recommend projects. (Sec. 206) Sets forth provisions respecting use of project funds, including a special rule for work camp projects. (Sec. 207) Directs a county to submit to the Secretary concerned a sufficient number of projects which, if approved, would result in the obligation of the full reserved amount for such county by the end of each fiscal year. Provides for the disposition of unobligated funds in special accounts, or after FY 2006, in the general fund of the Treasury. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary concerned to deposit locally initiated project funds in the appropriate regional Forest Service account and BLM account in the Treasury (established by this Act), and after FY 2006, in the general fund of the Treasury. Authorizes account use for project activities, but prohibits fund obligations after September 30, 2007. Title III: Forest Counties Payments Committee - Establishes the Forest Counties Payments Committee, which shall terminate three years after enactment of this Act, to develop recommendations to ensure that States and counties in which Federal lands are situated receive adequate Federal payments for public education and other public purposes. (Sec. 306) Expresses the sense of Congress that State and county payments under title I should be replaced by a long-term payment solution. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations..

County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine State and county full payment amounts of National Forest System (including certain California and Oregon lands) shared revenues for public education and other public services, calculated as the average of the highest 25 percent, 50 percent, or spotted owl safety net payments for the eligibility period October 1, 1985, through September 30, 1999. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary, through FY 2005, to: (1) make Forest Service payments to eligible States for affected counties for public education and transportation; and (2) make Bureau of Land Management payments to eligible counties for public education, law enforcement, and other public services. (Sec. 7) Establishes the Forest Counties Payments Committee to develop long- term methods to ensure that States and counties in which Federal lands are situated receive adequate payments for public education and other public services. Terminates the Committee three years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 8) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) in favor of the Committee's mandate to develop a long-term payment solution; and (2) that the regulatory or legislative solution should be completed within two years of the Committee's report. (Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 10) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to repeal specified provisions regarding Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management timber sale revenue sharing.

County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine, for a specified eligibility period, State and county full payment amounts of National Forest System shared revenues for public education and other public services. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to: (1) make Forest Service payments to eligible States for affected counties for public education and transportation; and (2) make Bureau of Land Management payments to eligible counties for public education, law enforcement, and other public services. (Sec. 7) Establishes the Forest Counties Payments Committee to develop long-term methods to ensure that State and counties in which Federal lands are situated receive adequate payments for public education and other public services. Terminates the Committee three years after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 8) Expresses the sense of the Congress: (1) in favor of the Committee's mandate to develop a long-term payment solution; and (2) that the regulatory or legislative solution should be completed within two years of the Committee's report. (Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations.