Press Releases

January 28th, 2014

Farmington Daily Times: PILT funding added to the Farm Bill conference report

— by Ryan Boetel

FARMINGTON — New Mexico senators said Tuesday that funding for the Payment of Lieu of Tax program has been added to the Farm Bill conference report. If Congress approves the report and President Barack Obama signs it into law, county governments throughout the country will share more than $400 million to compensate them for federal lands...

January 16th, 2014

Udall, Heinrich Urge Funding for PILT in Farm Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced that that they have sent a bipartisan letter signed by a coalition of senators to the leadership of the Farm Bill conference committee requesting that funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program be included in the final Farm Bill conference report. PILT...

January 8th, 2014

N.M. Delegation Announces $1.6 Million Grant for Highway and Road Repairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján, and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the New Mexico Department of Transportation will receive a $1.6 million grant for repair and reconstruction of roads around the state damaged in last year’s floods. The grant funds...

October 29th, 2013

New Mexico Delegation Welcomes President’s Disaster Declaration for September Floods

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that President Obama has declared a major disaster for the state of New Mexico and Santa Clara Pueblo for the severe storms and flooding from Sept. 9-22. The declaration means the...

June 25th, 2013

Heinrich Named To Senate Commerce Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has been appointed to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He will temporarily fill the seat left vacant by the death of New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg until the special election on October 16. The committee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to...

June 13th, 2013

NM Counties To Receive $34 Million In PILT Payments For Police, Fire And Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich today announced counties in New Mexico will receive approximately $34 million through the 2013 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. A full list of the funding by county is included below. PILT is administered through the Department of the Interior and provides funding for...