A reference to the date of enactment is replaced with October 3, 2008
To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, section 4, Sec. 4.
Written by .
A reference to the date of enactment is replaced with October 3, 2008
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“in paragraph (3), by striking ``the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``October 3, 2008''”
The section amends paragraph (3) of section 205(c) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, striking the phrase the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting the date October 3, 2008.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (3), by striking ``the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``October 3, 2008''”
That sentence, in plain words
The old law said the date this Act was passed. Now it names a day. The day is October 3, 2008.
What this is about
The old words did not give a day. The new words do. A reader can now look the day up.
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Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, Public Law 119-58, sec. 4, 139 Stat. 715 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ58/html/PLAW-119publ58.htm
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“A reference to the date of enactment is replaced with October 3, 2008,” Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, section 4, Sec. 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/secure-rural-schools-reauthorization-act-2025/proposal/sec04-date-written-in-205c3/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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