# Payments to States from Grazing Receipts, Etc. on Public Lands Outside Grazing Districts

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Misc. Permanent Payment Accounts  
**Source document:** Bureau of Land Management · p. 192  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/payments-to-states-from-grazing-receipts-etc-on-public-lands-outside  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 1.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 1.0 |

## Interior discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Payments to States from Grazing Receipts, etc., on Public Lands Outside Grazing Districts - The States are paid 50 percent of the grazing receipts from public lands outside grazing districts (43 U.S.C. 315i, 315m). These funds are to be expended by the State for the benefit of the counties in which the lands are located. The States continue to receive receipts from public lands outside organized grazing districts. The Payments to States from Grazing Receipts, etc., on Public Lands within Grazing Districts - The States are paid 12' percent of grazing receipts from public lands inside grazing districts (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315i). These funds are to be expended by the State for the benefit of the counties in which the lands are located. The Payments to States from Grazing Fees, etc. on Public Lands within Grazing Districts, Misc. - Also included are grazing receipts from isolated or disconnected tracts. The States are paid specifically payment is not feasible on a percentage basis (43 U.S.C. 315m). These funds are to be expended by the State for the benefit of the counties in which the lands are located. The BLM makes these payments Payments to Counties, National Grasslands (Farm Tenant Act Lands) - Of the revenues received from the use of Bankhead-Jones Act lands administered by the BLM, 25 percent is paid to the counties in which such lands are situated for schools and roads (7 U.S.C. 1012). The BLM makes payments annually on a Payments to Nevada from Receipts on Land Sales - Payments to the State of Nevada are authorized by two Acts. The Burton-Santini Act authorizes and directs the Secretary to sell not more than 700 acres of public lands per calendar year in and around Las Vegas, Nevada, the proceeds of which are to be used to acquire environmentally sensitive land in the Lake Tahoe Basin of California and Nevada. Annual revenues are distributed to the State of Nevada (5 percent) and the county in which the land is located (10 percent). Bureau of Land Management 2027 Budget Justification The Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA), as amended, authorizes the disposal through sale of approximately 50,000 acres in Clark County, Nevada, the proceeds of which are to be distributed as follows: (a) 5 percent for use in the general education program of the State of Nevada; (b) 10 percent for use by Southern Nevada Water Authority for water treatment and transmission facility infrastructure in Clark County, Nevada; and (c) the remaining 85 percent for various uses by the BLM and Payments to Oregon and California Grant Lands Counties - Under the Oregon and California Act of 1937, the BLM paid 50 percent of receipts from Federal activities on O&C lands (mainly from timber sales) to 18 counties in western Oregon. Beginning in 2026, the percent paid to counties increased to 75 percent. These revenues decreased since the 1980s due to changes in Federal timber policies. The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-393) was enacted on October 30, 2000. The Act was designed to provide a predictable payment to States and counties, in lieu of funds derived from Federal timber harvests. Payments were based on historical payments, adjusted for Payments to the 18 O&C counties were derived from: ' Revenues from Federal activities on O&C lands in the previous fiscal year that are not deposited to permanent operating funds such as the Timber Sale Pipeline Restoration or the Forest Ecosystem ' To the extent of any shortfall, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Under P.L. 106-393, and in the extensions of it, payments for a fiscal year were made in the following fiscal year. For example, payments for 2024 were made in 2025. Payments have been extended several times through fiscal year 2026. Under the extensions, payments tend to be reduced each year, and they are not adjusted for inflation as they were under P.L. 106-393 during the The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) Reauthorized the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act payments for fiscal years 2021 through 2023 with payments to be in The Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 (P.L. 119-58) reauthorized the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act payments through fiscal year 2026 with payments for FY The tables below show payments for 2001 through 2026. The payment amount for 2025 (to be made in 2026) is estimated based on the amounts of collections or receipts as authorized by applicable legislation and the provisions of those laws that specify the percentage of receipts to be paid to designated States, Bureau of Land Management 2027 Budget Justification Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding


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*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*