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H.R. 43: Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-03 · Native Americans · Latest: Became Public Law No: 119-23.
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Official title
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
Plain summary
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025 This act removes the requirement that Alaska Native village corporations must convey lands to Alaska to be held in trust for future municipal governments. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) requires all Alaska Native village corporations that receive land under the ANCSA to convey certain lands to the existing municipality in the village or, if no municipality exists, to Alaska in trust for any municipality that may be established in the future. This act removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the act allows village corporations to regain title to the lands held in trust by dissolving the trust through formal resolution by the village corporation and the residents of the Native village.
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Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
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Sponsor: Rep. Begich, Nicholas [R-AK-At Large] · 0 cosponsors
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- House roll call 28 (2025): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 43 (2025-02-04): Passed
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr43.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr43 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills