Secure Rural Schools Act: Extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to support schools, roads, and emergency services in rural communities reliant on public lands.
Extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act to support schools, roads, and emergency services in rural communities.
Occurrences
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 – introduced by Senator Crapo
Evidence
An act to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000; approved December 18, 2025 (Public Law 119–58).
Public Law 119–58 (Dec. 18, 2025) — extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 through the statutory period specified in the law.
Assessments
Justice took office as a U.S. senator in the 119th Congress and, during that same term, the Secure Rural Schools extension was enacted. Congress.gov shows S.356, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, was sponsored by Sen. Mike Crapo, had 27 cosponsors including James C. Justice, passed the Senate on June 18, 2025, passed the House on December 9, 2025, and became Public Law 119-58 on December 18, 2025. Because the promised policy outcome was achieved in Justice's current federal term and he was a cosponsor of the bill that became law, this counts as full delivery in the same term.
Congress enacted Public Law 119-58 (Dec. 18, 2025), the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, which formally extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and restores payments that support schools, roads, and local emergency/public-safety services in eligible rural counties. This outcome matches the campaign promise to extend the SRS Act and occurred within the same term.