119th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 3903: Chugach Alaska Land Exchange Oil Spill Recovery Act of 2025
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill authorizes a land exchange between the Chugach Alaska Corporation (also known as Chugach, an Alaska Native regional corporation in southcentral Alaska) and the federal government.
Specifically, if Chugach offers to convey to the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of Chugach in and to approximately 231,000 acres of subsurface estate within one year of the bill's enactment, then Interior must accept the offer and convey all right, title, and interest of the federal government in and to approximately 65,374 acres of fee simple land located in the Chugach region. (The Chugach region includes portions of land on the Kenai Peninsula and the coast of Prince William Sound in Alaska.)
The bill directs Chugach to exclude from its conveyance to Interior all right, title, and interest in any land, not to exceed a total of 209 acres, for which a village corporation has retained development rights (other than timber development rights) or that has been designated for a shareholder homesite program.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jeff Hurd R-CO
Who scored on this bill
- 1Nicholas Begich SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, passed House4 events+62
- 2Jeff HurdCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Nicholas Begich.
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- Received in the Senate.
- Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2349-2352)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3903.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2349-2351)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-451.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 386.
- Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.