# S. 356 (119th): Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 This 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

Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 This 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, and extending the authority to initiate projects proposed by resource advisory committees through FY2028.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: debt_spending. Category: honest_money. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: land_use. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: mandatory_spending_extension. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: natural_resources. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: rural_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: rural_schools. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 315: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is an ordinary prudential spending and reauthorization measure. It supports schools and local services in rural communities, which is a legitimate good, but it also extends and expands federal payment obligations, which involves ordinary fiscal judgment. Neither a direct restraint of evil nor a direct advancement of moral harm is named, so mixed is the prudent classification.
Theological note: Scripture calls rulers to justice and to care for the vulnerable, including the provision of education and public works for communities. This measure concerns the stewardship of public funds for rural schools and roads, which is a prudential matter of how government should provide for ordinary community needs. It raises no direct moral question about evil being advanced or restrained, so it is relevant mainly as a matter of faithful and honest stewardship of public resources.

## Recorded votes

Roll 315: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 399 · Nay 5 · Other 28.

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