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H.R. 2387: Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

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H.R. 2387: Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-15 · Native Americans · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 653.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 653. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Plain summary

Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to declare that any allotment application pending before the Department of the Interior on December 18, 1971, that was closed by Interior pursuant to the civil action Shields v. United States shall be reopened and considered to be approved. (Sec. 3) The bill revises the eligibility of Alaska Native Vietnam veterans for an allotment. Eligibility for allotments is extended to veterans who served between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975. Eligible persons may file for allotments of up to two parcels of federal land (as under current law) totaling up to 160 acres. The bill eliminates the limitation of these allotments to lands that were vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved on the date when the person eligible for the allotment first used and occupied them. Allotments may be selected from vacant federal lands or lands that have been selected by or conveyed to the state of Alaska or a Native corporation, if the state or corporation voluntarily relinquishes or conveys the land to the United States for allotment. The lands excluded from allotment are revised to: (1) lands in the right-of-way of the TransAlaska Pipeline; (2) the inner or outer corridor of such a right-of-way; or (3) a unit of the National Park System, a National Preserve, or a National Monument. The heir of a deceased eligible veteran, regardless of the cause of death, may apply for and receive an allotment. Persons who made an allotment selection under ANCSA and were not conveyed the allotment before enactment of this bill may reselect land.

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Official text

Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2387, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act (2016-11-21)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2387 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114