The 2006 energy bill, directed more money from OCS royalties into the Land and Water Conservation to replace the County Payments.
The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. This is an absurd boondoggle. Rural counties need to figure out how to live within their means. Oregon is a welfare state an has plenty of money to fund rural libraries if it wants, it just would rather have all sorts of bizzaro social programs and lots of toy trains in Portland.