News Release: A bipartisan coalition of senators, including fellow Idaho Senator Jim Risch, and I are sending a letter to the leadership of the Farm Bill conference committee requesting that funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program be included in the final Farm Bill conference report. Counties across the country, particularly those containing significant federal landholdings rely on PILT funds as sizable percentage of their budgets. Many of the same rural counties that rely on programs in the Farm Bill also depend of PILT to sustain their economies and serve their citizens. Without an extension of PILT, rural counties will struggle to fund the most basic of services such as emergency response, fire protection and law enforcement.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:01:52 +0000
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