,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjad,mr4 ,de,fazio introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on ,natural 
,resources and the ,budget1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,secure ,rural 
,schools and ,community                 
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj to   
exempt payments made to ,states and     
counties under such ,act from any       
reduction pursuant to a sequestration   
order and to reimburse those ,states and
 counties that returned a portion of    
their ,january #bjac payment because of 
sequestration1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,exemption of payments to ,states   
and counties under the ,secure ,rural   
,schools and ,community                 

,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj from 
sequestration orders  7a7 ,exemption    
,section #djc of the ,secure ,rural     
,schools and ,community                 
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaec7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following new subsection3  
7c7 ,exemption from sequestration       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any ,presidential sequestration    
order issued after the date of the      
enactment of this subsection under part 
,c of title ,,ii of the ,balanced       
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et    
seq47 shall provide that no reduction is
 made with respect to funds made        
available under section #djb or derived 
from the other funding sources          
authorized by section #ajb7;b77#c7 for  
the purpose of making the payments to   
,states and counties required by section
 #ajb4  4  7b7 ,reimbursement of        
previously sequestered payments or      
forgiveness of repayment requirement    

7#a7 ,reimbursement required ,using the 
payment sources authorized by subsection
 7b77#c7 of section #ajb of the ,secure 
,rural ,schools and ,community          
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaab71 the ,secretary of the 
,treasury shall reimburse each ,state or
 county that1 in response to a          
,presidential sequestration order issued
 during fiscal year #bjac1 repaid some  
of the payment received by the ,state or
 county during such fiscal year under   
such section #ajb either by-- 7,a7      
returning to the ,secretary a portion of
 the payment2  7,b7 having funds        
deducted from other amounts due the     
,state or county under such ,act2 or    
7,c7 providing some combination of      
returning and deducting funds4  7#b7    
,reimbursement amount ,the amount to be 
reimbursed to a ,state or county under  
paragraph 7#a7 shall be equal to the    
amount repaid by the ,state or county as
 provided in such paragraph4  7#c7      
,forgiveness ,in the case of any ,state 

or county that did not repay1 before the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 the
 required portion of the payment        
received by the ,state or county during 
fiscal year #bjac under section #ajb of 
the ,secure ,rural ,schools and         
,community ,self-,determination ,act of 
#bjjj 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gaab7 despite the 
,presidential sequestration order1 the  
,secretary of the ,treasury shall waive 
the repayment requirement4