Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act
Latest action · Sep 10, 2013 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 150.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act - (Sec. 4) Gives Sealaska, the regional Alaska Native Corporation for southeast Alaska, 90 days following this Act's enactment to agree to accept the conveyance of specified federal land, subject to certain conditions and restrictions, as full and final satisfaction of its remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
Provides that if Sealaska fails to agree to that conveyance: (1) this Act's provisions cease to be effective; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shall complete, within 27 month's of this Act's enactment, the interim conveyance of Sealaska's remaining land entitlement under the ANCSA from prioritized selections on file with the Secretary on the date of this Act's enactment.
(Sec. 5) Identifies the lands to be conveyed upon Sealaska's agreement as: (1) the 25 parcels of federal land comprising approximately 69,235 acres that are generally depicted as "Sealaska Selections" on certain Sealaska Land Entitlement Finalization maps, and (2) up to 127 cemetery sites and historical places that Sealaska must apply for and that comprise up to 840 acres of federal land.
Includes with those conveyances: (1) public easements under the ANCSA, (2) a ten-year easement for Forest System research activities on study plots, and (3) an easement providing Sealaska access to and the use of the log transfer facility at Shipley Bay on Kosciusko Island.
Keeps any part of those 25 parcels of conveyed lands that are outside ANCSA withdrawal areas open for subsistence and noncommercial recreational uses by the public.
Allows Sealaska to impose reasonable restrictions on public access to and across the conveyed lands.
(Sec. 7) Requires Sealaska to allow existing guiding or outfitting special use permit holders to continue to operate on the conveyed lands for the remainder of the permit term and a subsequent ten-year renewal period.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Sealaska, within one year of this Act's enactment, to enter into negotiations for an agreement regarding the use of: (1) National Forest System roads and related transportation facilities by Sealaska, and (2) Sealaska roads and related transportation facilities by the Forest Service.
Renames certain culturally and historically significant trade and migration routes and keeps them open for travel by Sealaska and the public.
Amends the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 to allow Alaska Native Corporations to enter into agreements with the federal government under that Act regarding their lands that are forested or formerly had vegetative cover and are capable of restoration.
Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to allow an Alaska Native tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community to participate in historic site preservation programs administered on behalf of Indian tribes, including by securing support to manage their own historic preservation sites and programs.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2013 to Mar 12, 2013; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Feb 14, 2013 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Mar 12, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2013Markup Jun 12, 2013Reported Sep 10, 2013 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 18, 2013Hearings May 16, 2013Discharged Jun 12, 2013 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2013Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-203.
- Sep 10, 2013Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 150.
- Jun 12, 2013Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Discharged.
- Jun 12, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 12, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 14.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 22, 2013H.R. 740, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 12, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H549.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 113-17 | H.R. 623, H.R. 740, H.R. 841, H.R. 931, H.R. 1306, AND H.R. 1410102 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 16, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 340 | Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act | Related bill | Sep 10, 2013 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2013Reported in House
- Feb 14, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
