Sen. Merkley: Bipartisan Group of Western Senators Introduce Legislation to Provide Financial Certainty for Rural Counties
September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
A bipartisan group of Western senators today introduced legislation to provide long-term financial security for rural counties.
The legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., would reauthorize the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for ten years. Th . . .
A bipartisan group of Western senators today introduced legislation to provide long-term financial security for rural counties.
The legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., would reauthorize the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program for ten years. Th . . .