Bill restores higher federal land payments to rural Oregon and California counties.
S. 5607 — Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Clarification Act · Filed by Ron Wyden (D-OR) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill raises payments to Oregon and California counties. The payments come from federal land revenues. Counties and their schools would get more federal money. The bill lets counties pick from more payment options.
Who it affects
Rural counties in Oregon and California gain more federal money. Public schools in these counties would get more funding.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say when the higher payments start or if they apply to past years.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 30, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal land revenues — Money the federal government makes from land it owns, like timber sales.
- payment options — Different ways counties can choose to receive their share of federal land money.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (7,816 characters) on Oct 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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