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Small County PILT Parity Act

S. 1175 To amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 27, 2025

Latest action (Jul 23, 2026) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Policy area
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary
  • Lowers the minimum population threshold for federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) eligibility from approximately 5,000 to 1,000 residents.
  • Expands the PILT population tier table to begin at 1,000 residents and include population levels up to 50,000.
  • Revises the per-capita payment amounts in the PILT calculation table for all population tiers to provide adjusted federal payments to small counties.

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Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Actions (6)
  1. Jul 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474. · senate
  2. Jul 23, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. · senate
  3. Jul 16, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. · senate
  4. Dec 2, 2025 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. · senate
  5. Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  6. Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8257 — Small County PILT Parity Act · Introduced Apr 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 91%
  • HR 7609 — Rural Development Modernization Act · Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 53%
  • S 3756 — Poverty Statistics Enhancement Act · Introduced Feb 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 53%
  • S 2957 — Small Communities Transit Improvement Act · Introduced Sep 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 52%
  • S 4584 — Norma Ruth Criswell Carpenter & Clovis C. Criswell Grant Parish Restoration Act of 2026 · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 52%
  • HR 6535 — To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. · Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 51%

Committee action

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 27, 2025

Mr. Daines (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Risch, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

July 23, 2026

Reported by Mr. Lee, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

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.”.

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........................................ $325.74 2,000........................................ $295.34 3,000........................................ $271.45 4,000........................................ $254.08 5,000........................................ $238.87 6,000........................................ $223.70 7,000........................................ $210.64 8,000........................................ $195.48 9,000........................................ $182.40 10,000....................................... $167.16 11,000....................................... $162.89 12,000....................................... $158.54 13,000....................................... $152.03 14,000....................................... $147.70 15,000....................................... $143.31 16,000....................................... $141.15 17,000....................................... $138.94 18,000....................................... $136.81 19,000....................................... $134.65 20,000....................................... $132.54 21,000....................................... $130.31 22,000....................................... $128.14 23,000....................................... $128.14 24,000....................................... $125.97 25,000....................................... $123.80 26,000....................................... $121.62 27,000....................................... $121.62 28,000....................................... $121.62 29,000....................................... $119.47 30,000....................................... $119.47 31,000....................................... $117.28 32,000....................................... $117.28 33,000....................................... $115.07 34,000....................................... $115.07 35,000....................................... $112.88 36,000....................................... $112.88 37,000....................................... $110.74 38,000....................................... $110.74 39,000....................................... $108.60 40,000....................................... $108.60 41,000....................................... $106.39 42,000....................................... $104.25 43,000....................................... $104.25 44,000....................................... $102.04 45,000....................................... $102.04 46,000....................................... $99.91 47,000....................................... $99.91 48,000....................................... $97.73 49,000....................................... $97.73 50,000....................................... $95.55.”.

Calendar No. 474

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 1175

A BILL

To amend section 6903 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for additional population tiers, and for other purposes.

July 23, 2026

Reported with an amendment

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