To direct the Secretary of the Interior shall make full payment to each unit of general local government in which entitlement land is located as set forth in chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1469 would require the federal government to provide full funding for the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program, which compensates local governments for non-taxable federal lands within their borders. If the government fails to provide the full cash payment, the bill mandates that the Secretary of the Interior instead give the local government ownership of federal land of equal value to cover the shortfall. This transfer of land would exclude protected areas such as National Parks, Wilderness Areas, and National Wildlife Refuges.

For citizens, this bill aims to ensure that local governments—particularly in the rural West—have consistent resources to fund essential public services like schools, road maintenance, and emergency response. By providing land as a backup payment, the bill would allow local governments to potentially develop or manage that land to generate the tax revenue they are currently missing when federal funding is not fully appropriated.