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. The bill also directs Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the City of Tenakee Springs, Alaska (upon written request of the city and subject to specified terms and conditions).

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Timeline

1. 8 June 2023

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 8 June 2023

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 October 2023

   Committee

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.

   Source: Committee

4. 14 December 2023

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

   Source: Committee

5. 10 September 2024

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.

   Source: Calendars

6. 10 September 2024

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-221.

   Source: Committee

7. 10 September 2024

   Reported

   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-221.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Reported to Senate · 10 September 2024 · Official file
• Introduced in Senate · 8 June 2023 · Official file

Documents

5 official files

• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 10 September 2024

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 10 September 2024

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 June 2023

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 June 2023

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 8 June 2023

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Sponsors

• Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
• Dan Sullivan · R · Sponsor
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