On the recordOctober 19, 2017
there is wide support for PILT from both Democrats and Republicans, as witnessed by this last vote. What we need to do now is to make sure that it works fairly for counties and is not done arbitrarily. The CRS found that taking the approach in Senator Lee's amendment would break the PILT Program. Not only would calculating each county's payments be nearly impossible, the program would not be fair. In fact, the CRS cited a 2010 study that found that the approach in Senator Lee's amendment would result in two-thirds of all of the counties that receive PILT funding receiving lower payments than they do now. I urge my colleagues to vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
