Bill makes PILT program permanent for rural counties.
H.R. 10593 — Permanently Authorizing PILT Act · Filed by Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill removes the end date from the PILT program. PILT pays counties money to make up for lost property taxes on federal land. Right now, Congress has to vote to keep PILT going every few years. This bill would let it keep going forever without new votes.
Who it affects
Rural counties and local governments that get PILT money would know the money will keep coming. Schools, roads, and emergency services in these counties depend on PILT money.
One thing to notice
Congress would not have to vote to keep PILT going anymore. Counties get stable money, but Congress loses chances to change the program.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 10 Democrats.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- PILT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes. Money the federal government pays counties for lost property taxes on federal land.
- federal land — Land owned by the federal government, not by states or private people.
- permanent — Lasting forever unless a new law changes it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (251 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,163 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-26.
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