Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023
Latest action · Dec 16, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 720.
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.
- IntroducedNov 28, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023
This bill 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 bill removes the requirement for conveyance. Additionally, the bill 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.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 23, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Feb 23, 2024 |
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 Nov 28, 2023Discharged Nov 20, 2024Markup Nov 20, 2024Reported Dec 16, 2024 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 17, 2024Hearings Jul 24, 2024 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-883.
- Dec 16, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 720.
- Nov 20, 2024Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Nov 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 20, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 24, 2024Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jul 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Nov 28, 2023Introduced in House
- Nov 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 195, November 28, 2023, page H5937.
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. 118-140 | H.R. 6489, H.R. 8942, H.R. 8955, AND H.R. 895653 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jul 24, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2615 | Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Dec 19, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Reported in House
- Nov 28, 2023Introduced 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.
