Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Summary

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska. The land conveyed to each urban corporation must include any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation. The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

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Timeline

1. 3 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 3 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 3 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 March 2026

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

   Source: Committee

5. 5 March 2026

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

   Source: Committee

6. 2 April 2026

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.

   Source: Calendars

7. 2 April 2026

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.

   Source: Committee

8. 2 April 2026

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.

   Source: Committee

9. 2 June 2026

   Passed

   Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

   Source: Floor

10. 2 June 2026

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)

    Source: Floor

11. 2 June 2026

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)

    Source: Floor

12. 2 June 2026

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 41.

    Source: Floor

13. 2 June 2026

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3746-3749)

    Source: Floor

14. 2 June 2026

    Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

15. 3 June 2026

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate.

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

4 official files

• Engrossed in House

  Engrossed in House · EN · 2 June 2026

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• Reported in House

  Reported in House · EN · 2 April 2026

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• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 3 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Nicholas Begich · R · Sponsor
• Jeff Hurd · R · Cosponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

Related records

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