S1175119th CongressWALLET

Small County PILT Parity Act

Sponsored By: Senator Steve Daines

Introduced

Summary

Recalculates PILT payments for small counties. This bill redraws which local governments count as "low-population" and replaces the old payment table with a new tiered per‑person schedule covering populations from 1,000 to 50,000.

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  • Local governments in small counties: The bill lowers the population triggers used in Payments In Lieu of Taxes so more units fall under the low‑population rules by changing the cutoffs from 4,999/5,000 down to 999/1,000.
  • Payment rates: It replaces the prior table with a detailed per‑capita schedule. Rates start at $394.15 for the 1,000 tier and decline to $90.12 at the 50,000 tier.
  • How the limit is calculated: For each tier the payment cap is the population figure multiplied by the per‑population amount for that tier, using steps from 1,000 up to 50,000.

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More federal payments for small counties

This bill would change Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) rules for very small local governments. It would lower the numeric cutoff in paragraph (1) from 4,999 people to 999 people. It would also replace the old table that began at 5,000 people with a new per-person schedule starting at 1,000 people. For units with 1,000 through 50,000 people the PILT limitation would equal that unit's population multiplied by a listed per-person dollar amount (for example, $394.15 at 1,000 people and $90.12 at 50,000 people). No effective date or sunset is specified in the bill text.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Steve Daines

MT • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Mike Crapo

    ID • R

    Sponsored 9/29/2025

  • Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]

    ID • R

    Sponsored 9/29/2025

  • John Hickenlooper

    CO • D

    Sponsored 10/3/2025

  • Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 10/3/2025

  • Jacky Rosen

    NV • D

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

  • Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 10/7/2025

  • Dan Sullivan

    AK • R

    Sponsored 3/5/2026

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