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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8257

Introduced

Small County PILT Parity Act

Sponsor
RJeff Hurd· Colorado
Introduced
April 14, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.April 14, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8257

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

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 14, 2026

Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Zinke, and Mr. Moylan) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

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 
``499''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter preceding the table--
(i) by striking ``5,000'' and inserting 
``500''; and
(ii) by striking ``(rounding'' and 
inserting ``(except for the first population 
value, rounding''; and
(B) by striking the table and inserting the 
following:

``If population equals-- the limitation is equal to the 
population times--
500.......................................... $514.50 
1,000........................................ $404.56 
2,000........................................ $320.75 
3,000........................................ $289.14 
4,000........................................ $262.84 
5,000........................................ $231.25 
6,000........................................ $216.56 
7,000........................................ $203.90 
8,000........................................ $189.24 
9,000........................................ $176.57 
10,000....................................... $161.82 
11,000....................................... $157.69 
12,000....................................... $153.48 
13,000....................................... $147.18 
14,000....................................... $142.98 
15,000....................................... $138.73 
16,000....................................... $136.64 
17,000....................................... $134.51 
18,000....................................... $132.44 
19,000....................................... $130.35 
20,000....................................... $128.30 
21,000....................................... $126.14 
22,000....................................... $124.04 
23,000....................................... $124.04 
24,000....................................... $121.95 
25,000....................................... $119.85 
26,000....................................... $117.73 
27,000....................................... $117.73 
28,000....................................... $117.73 
29,000....................................... $115.65 
30,000....................................... $115.65 
31,000....................................... $113.53 
32,000....................................... $113.53 
33,000....................................... $111.40 
34,000....................................... $111.40 
35,000....................................... $109.28 
36,000....................................... $109.28 
37,000....................................... $107.20 
38,000....................................... $107.20 
39,000....................................... $105.13 
40,000....................................... $105.13 
41,000....................................... $102.99 
42,000....................................... $100.93 
43,000....................................... $100.93 
44,000....................................... $98.78 
45,000....................................... $98.78 
46,000....................................... $96.72 
47,000....................................... $96.72 
48,000....................................... $94.61 
49,000....................................... $94.61 
50,000....................................... $92.50.''.

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