Tester Secures $43.3 Million in PILT Funding to Provide Vital Services Across Montana

Funding will help counties provide critical services

U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured $43,301,694 in Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funds to support critical law enforcement, firefighting, and infrastructure priorities across Montana.

As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester secured these funds through the 2024 government funding bill.

“Montana’s rural counties rely on PILT funding to provide essential services they otherwise would not be able to afford,” said Tester. “I’m proud to have secured this funding to help Montana counties rebuild schools, plow roads, and keep law enforcement officers on the beat, and I will keep fighting to ensure these resources will be there for the folks that count on them.”

PILT makes payments to counties with large amounts of untaxable federal land for services like law enforcement, mental health programs, and libraries.

The funding with be distributed as follows:

• $618,486 for Anaconda Deer Lodge County
• $985,282 for Beaverhead County
• $20,917 for Big Horn County
• $1,258,897 for Blaine County
• $863,630 for Broadwater County
• $1,472,876 for Carbon County
• $284,810 for Carter County
• $626,557 for Cascade County
• $483,587 for Chouteau County
• $1,104,128 for Custer County
• $659 for Daniels County
• $54,317 for Dawson County
• $55,597 for Fallon County
• $1,550,816 for Fergus County
• $3,773,944 for Flathead County
• $2,297,309 for Gallatin County
• $274,241 for Garfield County
• $1,315,514 for Glacier County
• $94,162 for Golden Valley County
• $412,227 for Granite County
• $154,935 for Hill County
• $1,634,508 for Jefferson County
• $319,889 for Judith Basin County
• $558,526 for Lake County
• $3,236,068 for Lewis & Clark County
• $100,224 for Liberty County
• $837,713 for Lincoln County
• $1,372,027 for Madison County
• $381,444 for McCone County
• $233,952 for Meagher County
• $598,972 for Mineral County
• $2,790,387 for Missoula County
• $41,981 for Musselshell County
• $2,042,165 for Park County
• $117,982 for Petroleum County
• $660,720 for Phillips County
• $307,943 for Pondera County
• $284,843 for Powder River County
• $1,042,891 for Powell County
• $204,809 for Prairie County
• $3,315,024 for Ravalli County
• $24,963 for Richland County
• $2,055 for Roosevelt County
• $156,282 for Rosebud County
• $923,265 for Sanders County
• $854 for Sheridan County
• $685,372 for Silver Bow County
• $602,065 for Stillwater County
• $738,504 for Sweet Grass County
• $839,894 for Teton County
• $111,422 for Toole County
• $359 for Treasure County
• $984,349 for Valley County
• $175,000 for Wheatland County
• $12,950 for Wibaux County
• $259,401 for Yellowstone County 

A full list of Montana provisions Tester secured in appropriations can be found HERE.