PILT, SRS, and LWCF Legislation Introduced in Senate

This week, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced S. 1925, legislation to reauthorize and fund the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program for six years, permanently reauthorize and fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and permanently fund the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. 

The SRS program was reauthorized for two years in April 2015, but the LWCF is set to expire on September 30, 2015.  Federal PILT is currently a discretionary program, and funding is currently subject to the unpredictable annual appropriations process that we see in Congress.  This legislation would give rural counties more funding certainty from Washington.