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118th Congress Native Americans

H.R. 4748: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

ReportedDec 16, 2024

  1. Introduced (completed)Jul 19, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jul 19, 2023

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.

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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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

3

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

38 points earned
  1. 1Mary Peltola D-AK SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported4 events+38
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History

  1. Jul 19, 2023Introduced in the House by Mary Peltola.
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  1. Dec 16, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-881.
  2. Dec 16, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 718.
  3. Nov 20, 2024Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
  4. Nov 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Nov 20, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Dec 5, 2023Subcommittee Hearings Held
  7. Nov 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
  8. Jul 19, 2023Introduced in House
  9. Jul 19, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.