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HR 41 · introduced · niche

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

What this bill does

  • This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land from the federal government.
  • Alaska Native residents of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell are affected by this recognition and land entitlement.
  • The Department of the Interior will convey specified land and subsurface rights to each new urban corporation at no cost to the communities.

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  1. 01

    How should the federal government decide which Alaska Native communities receive land and subsurface rights, and what criteria distinguish these five from others?

  2. 02

    What are the potential economic benefits and costs to these Southeast Alaska communities from forming urban corporations and receiving federal land?

  3. 03

    How might this precedent affect other unrecognized Alaska Native groups seeking similar federal recognition and land compensation?

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Sponsor · R-AK

Nicholas J. Begich III

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Introduced 2026-04-02

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-04-02 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.

  2. 2026-04-02 · house · Committee

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

  3. 2026-04-02 · Committee

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

  4. 2026-03-05 · house · Committee

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

  5. 2026-03-05 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  6. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  7. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  8. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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