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Small County PILT Parity Act

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Introduced
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3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-27
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Steve Daines
Steve Daines
Republican · MT · Senator
Votes with party: 75.9% (833 recorded votes)

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

2026-07-16

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would adjust how the federal government distributes payments to small counties that contain federal lands, aiming to give them fairer compensation for hosting national forests, parks, and other public property that generates tax-free revenue. Counties with smaller populations or less developed federal land often receive smaller payments despite their reliance on federal property, so this legislation would work to level the playing field. The changes would help rural and small county governments better fund local services like schools and roads that serve both residents and visitors to federal lands.

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Public Lands and Natural Resources

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1175 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1175 To amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 27, 2025 Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small County PILT Parity Act''. SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT FOR LOW-POPULATION UNITS OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Section 6903(c) of title 31, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``4,999'' and inserting ``999''; and (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) in the matter preceding the table, by striking ``5,000'' and inserting ``1,000''; and (B) by striking the table and inserting the following: ``If population equals-- the limitation is equal to the population times-- 1,000........................................ $394.15 2,000........................................ $312.50 3,000........................................ $281.70 4,000........................................ $256.08 5,000........................................ $225.30 6,000........................................ $210.99 7,000........................................ $198.66 8,000........................................ $184.37 9,000........................................ $172.03 10,000....................................... $157.66 11,000....................................... $153.63 12,000....................................... $149.53 13,000....................................... $143.39 14,000....................................... $139.30 15,000....................................... $135.16 16,000....................................... $133.13 17,000....................................... $131.05 18,000....................................... $129.03 19,000....................................... $127.00 20,000....................................... $125.00 21,000....................................... $122.90 22,000....................................... $120.85 23,000....................................... $120.85 24,000....................................... $118.81 25,000....................................... $116.77 26,000....................................... $114.70 27,000....................................... $114.70 28,000....................................... $114.70 29,000....................................... $112.68 30,000....................................... $112.68 31,000....................................... $110.61 32,000....................................... $110.61 33,000....................................... $108.53 34,000....................................... $108.53 35,000....................................... $106.47 36,000....................................... $106.47 37,000....................................... $104.44 38,000....................................... $104.44 39,000....................................... $102.43 40,000....................................... $102.43 41,000....................................... $100.34 42,000....................................... $98.33 43,000....................................... $98.33 44,000....................................... $96.24 45,000....................................... $96.24 46,000....................................... $94.23 47,000....................................... $94.23 48,000....................................... $92.18 49,000....................................... $92.18 50,000....................................... $90.12.''. <all>
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