Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 20, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-130.
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.
- IntroducedMay 29, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 15, 2025
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2026
- To the PresidentOct 15, 2026
- Became lawOct 20, 2026Public Law 119-130
Summary
Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convey approximately 3.4 acres in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Southcentral Foundation (SCF) for use in connection with health and social services programs.
The conveyance must be made by warranty deed. The conveyance may not (1) require any consideration (such as payment) from the SCF for the property; (2) impose any obligation, term, or condition on the SCF relating to that property; or (3) allow for any U.S. reversionary interest in the property.
HHS must be accorded any easement or access to the property as may be reasonably necessary to satisfy any retained obligation or liability of HHS.
The bill prohibits the SCF from being liable for certain environmental contamination that occurred on or before the date on which the property is conveyed to the SCF. In turn, HHS may not be liable for any contamination that occurred after the date that the SCF controlled, occupied, and used the property.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 3
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 May 29, 2025Discharged Jul 23, 2025Markup Jul 23, 2025Reported Dec 9, 2025 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2025Hearings Jun 11, 2025 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 29, 2025Discharged Dec 9, 2025 |
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2025Markup May 20, 2026Reported Aug 3, 2026 |
Actions 24
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026Became Public Law No: 119-130.
- Oct 20, 2026Signed by President.
- Oct 15, 2026Presented to President.
- Oct 14, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 29, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5144)
- Aug 3, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-132.
- Aug 3, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
- May 20, 2026Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Dec 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Dec 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5880-5882)
- Dec 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5880-5881)
- Dec 15, 2025Mr. Stauber moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3620.
- Dec 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-398, Part I.
- Dec 9, 2025Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Dec 9, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347.
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 11, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- May 29, 2025Introduced in House
- May 29, 2025Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5144, S5146 | Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Sep 29, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5880–H5882Text printed H5880 | Nicholas J. Begich III R-AK, Pablo José Hernández D-PR, Pete Stauber R-MN | Dec 15, 2025 |
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 reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 24, 2025H.R. 3620, Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 23, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 91, May 29, 2025, page H2377.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2098 | Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2026 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Southcentral Foundation located in Anchorage, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Aug 3, 2026Reported to Senate
- Dec 16, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 15, 2025Engrossed in House
- Dec 9, 2025Reported in House
- May 29, 2025Introduced 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.
