Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 7, 2025 Became Public Law No: 119-23.
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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 4, 2025
- Passed SenateJun 18, 2025
- To the PresidentJul 3, 2025
- Became lawJul 7, 2025Public Law 119-23
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 28 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed412–1 | Feb 4, 2025 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jan 3, 2025 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 7, 2025Signed by President.
- Jul 7, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-23.
- Jul 3, 2025Presented to President.
- Jun 23, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 18, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3459)
- Feb 5, 2025Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Feb 4, 2025Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 4, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H445-447)
- Feb 4, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 43.
- Feb 4, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Feb 4, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H450-451)
- Feb 4, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 1 (Roll no. 28). (text: CR H445-446)
- Feb 4, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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 S3458–S3461 | Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV, Lisa Murkowski R-AK | Jun 18, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H445–H447Text printed H445Recorded votes H450enact | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Nicholas J. Begich III R-AK, Yassamin Ansari D-AZ | Feb 4, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 1, January 3, 2025, page H37.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
Related bills 2
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 | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 19, 2024 |
| HR 6489 | Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2023 | Cross-Congress related bill | Dec 16, 2024 |
Titles 5
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 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Feb 5, 2025Received in Senate
- Feb 4, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
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