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Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act

What this bill does

  • Extends the deadline for Alaska Native Vietnam veterans to apply for federal land allotments by five years, from 2025 to 2030.
  • Affects Alaska Native veterans who served in Vietnam between 1964 and 1971, and their eligible heirs.
  • No new federal spending required; the extension allows the Bureau of Land Management to continue processing existing applications.

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  1. 01

    How would extending the application deadline to 2030 affect Alaska Native Vietnam veterans who may be unaware of this benefit or have difficulty accessing the application process?

  2. 02

    What are the reasons some Alaska Native Vietnam veterans have not yet applied for land allotments, and does a five-year extension adequately address those barriers?

  3. 03

    Since the bill requires no new federal spending, what is the current capacity of the Bureau of Land Management to process applications, and could delayed claims create administrative challenges?

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Dan Sullivan

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Introduced 2025-02-27

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-27 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-02-27 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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