{"id":23462,"date":"2025-12-09T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23462"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:40:24","slug":"wyden-merkley-applaud-house-passage-of-bipartisan-bill-to-reauthorize-secure-rural-schools-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-applaud-house-passage-of-bipartisan-bill-to-reauthorize-secure-rural-schools-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Applaud House Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Washington DC<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the House passage of his bipartisan legislation introduced with Senators Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and James Risch, R-Idaho, to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program and ensure rural, forested communities across Oregon and the country receive funding for roads, schools, law enforcement and other critical services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c<strong>The Secure Rural Schools program has been a lifeline for rural communities across Oregon since I originally authored the program back in 2000<\/strong>,\u201d Wyden said. \u201c<strong>I\u2019m relieved the House has finally done its job with the long-overdue passage of my bill to return the safety net for critical services to communities that need it the most. This is exactly why we need a permanent solution to get rural communities off the financial rollercoaster and ensure they have the resources they need to not only survive, but grow and thrive<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c<strong>By passing our bipartisan bill, Congress has finally taken critical action to restore funding that is crucial to keeping schools and libraries open, maintaining roads, restoring watersheds, and ensuring there are police officers and firefighters to keep rural communities safe<\/strong>,\u201d said Merkley. \u201c<strong>Extending the SRS program ensures Oregon communities and local governments can maintain access to these important lifelines and resources, and I look forward to President Trump swiftly signing our bill into law<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Wyden first authored the SRS program in 2000. Funding for the program lapsed in September 2023, and counties have not received payments since early 2024. Wyden\u2019s bill to reauthorize the program had previously passed the Senate, but stalled in the House, delaying crucial funding for rural schools, law enforcement, and infrastructure projects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, 83 bipartisan, bicameral members, led by Wyden and Crapo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-crapo-risch-push-for-passage-of-secure-rural-schools-reauthorization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called on House leadership<\/a> to take up the reauthorization bill for final passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today applauded the House passage of his bipartisan legislation introduced with Senators Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and James Risch, R-Idaho, to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program and ensure rural, forested communities across Oregon and the country receive funding for roads, schools, law enforcement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":18848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[43,118,40,36],"class_list":["post-23462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-bipartisan-actions","tag-delivering-for-oregon","tag-education","tag-natural-resources-and-rural-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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