Murkowski Opposes President’s Proposed Federal PILT Cuts

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Chair of the Interior and the Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, has indicated that she plans to oppose the President’s proposal to reduce Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) in his FY18 Budget proposal.  The President’s FY18 proposed Budget included $397 million for Federal PILT, a reduction of $68 million for FY17. 

Several Western Members on both sides of the aisle have also expressed their concerns about proposed cuts to Federal PILT.  The Federal PILT program is funded in the Interior and the Environment Appropriations bill, the same subcommittee that Murkowski chairs.