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Secure Rural Schools - Archived Payments

The following reports show only Forest Service-related payments and receipts. These reports are from FY2016 and prior. 

Payment Reports

ASR 10-1, Payment Summary Report (state): Shows payments to each eligible state for 25% Payment, Secure Rural Schools Act State Payment, or Transition Payment to covered states for Title I and Title III, and special acts payments as applicable. It does not include Title II funds that are held in a special Treasury account to fund approved Title II projects. It also shows total payments to each state and acres of national forest by state and average payment per national forest acre by state. Note: Special Act payment totals to Arkansas, Minnesota, and Washington in this report do not reflect sequestration.

ASR 10-2, Payment Detail (proclaimed national forest): Shows payments to each eligible state for 25% Payment, Secure Rural Schools Act State Payment, or Transition Payment (Title I and Title III, not Title II), and special acts payments as applicable. This report is ordered by state, proclaimed national forest, county, township, and congressional district. It also shows acres of national forest by county and associated payments, total payment and payment per acre.

ASR 10-3, Payment Detail (county): Shows payments to each eligible state for 25% Payment, Secure Rural Schools Act State Payment, or covered state’s transition payment (Title I and Title III, but not Title II), and special acts payments as applicable. This report is ordered by state, county, township, congressional district, and proclaimed national forest. It also shows acres of national forest by county and associated payments, total payment and payment per acre.

ASR 18-1, Secure Rural Schools Act Titles I, II and III Report: Shows each participating county’s share of the State Payment (or covered state’s transition payment) and the percentages and dollar amounts allocated among titles I, II and III. The report is ordered by state, county, township and Proclaimed National Forest (PNF). It also shows total payment by state and a national total. Payments are shown apportioned among counties by acres of PNF within the county. Not reflected in this table are additional adjustments of title II funds between regions and national forests that may occur depending on the geographic area covered by title II resource advisory committees.

ASR 18-2, Secure Rural Schools Act Titles I, II and III Report: Shows the dollar amount of the county share of the State Payment and the percentages and dollar amounts allocated among titles I, II and III. The report is ordered by region, proclaimed national forest (PNF), state and county. It also shows total payment by Forest Service region and a national total. Payments are shown apportioned among counties by acres of PNF within the county. Not reflected in this table are additional adjustments of title II funds between regions and national forests that may occur depending on the geographic area covered by title II resource advisory committees.

ASR 18-3, Secure Rural Schools Act Titles I, II and III Report: Shows the total State Payment and amounts allocated amount Titles I, II and III by Forest Service region and national total. Not reflected in this table are additional adjustments of title II funds between regions and national forests that may occur depending on the geographic area covered by Title II resource advisory committees.

RS2, Title II Allocation Report: Shows Secure Rural Schools Act title II funds apportioned by proclaimed national forest based on annual county allocations to title II and additional instructions from counties, if any. Data is ordered by region, proclaimed national forest, state, and county. Report SRS2 shows distributions from Albuquerque Service Center to Forest Service regions. Additional adjustments may be made between regions and forests to ensure the proper funds are available to the appropriate national forest and associated resource advisory committee(s). Generally, funds will be assigned to the “lead national forest” for the committee and is usually the home unit of the designated federal officer for the committee.

Receipt Reports

ASR 04, Receipts Summary: Shows the receipts for each Forest Service Region in 9 class codes (sources of receipts) associated with the National Forest Fund and five additional categories of receipts, deposits or credits associated with the timber sale program. In total these are the revenues on which the 25% payments to states are calculated. In addition, ASR 04 shows the total by region from the prior year, and the percentage of change between years.

NFF receipts FY1980-1999. Spreadsheet showing receipts, deposits and credits considered moneys received nationally under 16 USC 500 for payments to states. This data is gathered from published records such as annual service-wide budget documents and Annual Reports of the Forest Service.  Data does not include receipts associated with national grasslands; disaggregated data for states or counties is not available.

ASR 13-1 National Forest Statement of Receipts by region: Shows receipts for each Proclaimed National Forest (PNF) listed alphabetically, grouped by Forest Service Region in 9 class codes (sources of receipts) associated with the National Forest Fund (NFF) and five additional categories of receipts, deposits or credits associated with the timber sale program.

ASR 13-2, National Forest Statement of Receipts by state: Shows receipts for each Proclaimed National Forest (PNF) listed alphabetically, grouped by state in 9 class codes (sources of receipts) associated with the National Forest Fund (NFF) and five additional categories of receipts, deposits or credits associated with the timber sale program.

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Projected state payments

Periodically, the Forest Service provides an estimate of future years’ Secure Rural Schools State Payments to help counties make informed decisions about elections and allocations. The projected State Payment for all titles is only an estimate based on the most current data available at the time the projections are made. (See Calculating Payments for a discussion of factors and variables that go into calculating the State Payment.)  Projected State payment for FY2012 shows all affected counties.  Actual payment to be made for FY2012 will vary depending on the number of counties that elect to receive a share of the State payment.

Estimated 25-percent payments. The following table shows the estimated 25-percent payment that would have been made to states (and counties) for fiscal years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 if they were not receiving a Secure Rural Schools Act State payment.  Receipts are reported by proclaimed national forest and attributed to the counties in which the proclaimed national forest is located in proportion to the acreage in each county.  Payments to states are calculated on the apportioned receipts.  Counties that elected not to participate in the Secure Rural Schools Act State payment began receiving payments based  on the 7-year rolling average in fiscal year 2008.

High 3 payments. The Secure Rural Schools Act State payment calculation uses multiple factors, including acres of Federal land within an eligible county, the county’s share of the average of the 3 highest 25-percent and safety net payments to the state during fiscal year 1986 through fiscal year 1999, and an income adjustment based on the per capita personal income for each county. 

View the payment data for determining the county's share of the average of the 3 highest payments to states from fiscal year 1986 through 1999.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/working-with-us/secure-rural-schools/archived-payments