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InfrastructureH.R. 43Comments

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This act removes the requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must convey lands to Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments.

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) requires all Alaska Native village corporations that receive land under the ANCSA to convey certain lands to the existing municipality in the village or, if no municipality exists, to Alaska in trust for any municipality that may be established in the future. This act removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the act allows village corporations to regain title to the lands held in trust by dissolving the trust through formal resolution by the village corporation and the residents of the Native village.

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Timeline

  1. Library of CongressSigned by President.
  2. Became Law
  3. House floor actionsPresented to President.
  4. SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  6. SenatePassed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459)
  7. SenateReceived in the Senate, read twice.
  8. House floor actionsMr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  9. Floor Vote
  10. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  11. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  12. Introduced
  13. Committee

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