Reviews legislative history and issues regarding P.L. 106-393, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (SRS), as amended, which provides payments to counties that experience significant declines in Forest Service and certain BLM receipt-sharing payments from timber sales and other revenue gained from the use of national forests and public lands where the counties are located. Summarizes receipt-sharing program concerns and responses, as well as proposals to change the system, in light of expiration of SRS extension legislation at the end of FY2012. Discusses effect of sequester order on payments, and describes issues for Congress in the 113th Congress. This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 10-R4-1303 in the 2010 issue.
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