119th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 41: Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
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- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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
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 H3746-3749)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 41.
- 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)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3746-3749)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-579.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.