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HR 43 · enacted · niche

Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Removes requirement that Alaska Native village corporations convey lands to Alaska for future municipal governments.
  • Affects Alaska Native village corporations and residents of Native villages in Alaska.
  • Allows villages to dissolve existing trusts and regain title to lands through formal resolution.

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  1. 01

    How might Alaska Native villages use regained land control differently than the state would have under previous requirements?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between village autonomy over lands and potential loss of state-level coordination on infrastructure or services?

  3. 03

    Which Alaska Native communities are most positioned to benefit from dissolving trusts and what barriers might others face?

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Sponsor · R-AK

Nicholas J. Begich III

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Introduced 2025-07-07

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-07-07 · President

    Became Public Law No: 119-23.

  2. 2025-07-07 · BecameLaw

    Became Public Law No: 119-23.

  3. 2025-07-07 · President

    Signed by President.

  4. 2025-07-07 · BecameLaw

    Signed by President.

  5. 2025-07-03 · house · Floor

    Presented to President.

  6. 2025-07-03 · President

    Presented to President.

  7. 2025-06-23 · senate · Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  8. 2025-06-18 · senate · Floor

    Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459)

  9. 2025-06-18 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.

  10. 2025-02-05 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate, read twice.

  11. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  12. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 1 (Roll no. 28). (text: CR H445-446)

  13. 2025-02-04 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 1 (Roll no. 28). (text: CR H445-446)

  14. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H450-451)

  15. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  16. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 43.

  17. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H445-447)

  18. 2025-02-04 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  19. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  20. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  21. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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