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119-hr-8257119th CongressWALLET

Small County PILT Parity Act

Sponsored By: Representative Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]

Introduced

Summary

Rewrites the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) formula for very small local governments. This bill would lower the statutory population cutoffs and replace the old payment table with a new tiered per-capita schedule.

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  • Very small counties and low-population local governments: the population threshold used in the statute is changed from 4,999 to 499, which shifts which units are treated as low-population for PILT calculations.
  • Payment limits become population times a per-person multiplier. The new multipliers run from $514.50 at 500 people down to $92.50 at 50,000 people.
  • Calculation details updated: the bill changes the first population reference to 500, adjusts the rounding language for that tier, and replaces the existing payment table with a specified tiered schedule of per-population rates.

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Higher federal payments for small counties

If enacted, this bill would change how federal PILT payment limits are calculated for very small local governments. It would lower two population cutoffs from 4,999 to 499 and from 5,000 to 500. It would replace the old payment table with a new list of per-person dollar multipliers so the limit equals population times the listed multiplier. For example, a 500-person place would use $514.50 per person and a 1,000-person place would use $404.56 per person. The bill text does not specify an effective date or a new appropriation.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]

CO • R

Cosponsors

  • Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]

    VI • D

    Sponsored 10/15/2026

  • Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]

    MT • R

    Sponsored 4/14/2026

  • Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]

    GU • R

    Sponsored 4/14/2026

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